From: Peter van Oene (pvo@usermail.com)
Date: Thu Mar 11 2004 - 14:43:19 GMT-3
At 10:35 AM 3/11/2004, Messina, John V wrote:
> > I believe. If you don't include the "fabric-enabling
> >module", the WS-X6348-RJ45V will not utlize the fabric
> >backplane and will operate with the same performance of the
> >WS-6148-RJ45V.
>
>
>
>True, except I believe if you have the SUP-720 which eliminates the need
>for the use of the fabric modules.
The point is however that you need other blades that utilize the same 256
fabric if you want to receive any performance benefit from the 6348 blade
as it connects to other blades. Figuring out the switching path between
any two line cards on the 6500 is about as much fun as finding an IOS ;-)
>John V. Messina
>Network Engineer
>Crimson Technologies Inc.
>516-390-3425
>1-877-RED-1997
>john@crimsoncti.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kenneth Wygand [mailto:KWygand@customonline.com]
>Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 7:46 AM
>To: Masoud, Alaa; ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: RE: What is the difference??!!
>
>The WS-X6348-RJ45V is a fabric enabled blade supporting 256gbps in the
>backplane, while the WS-X6148-RJ45V is not fabric enable and runs at
>32gbps in the backplane. Furthermore, there is a single ASIC on the
>WS-X6148-RJ45V that allows 1GBPS throughput total for each "chunk" of
>ports assigned to that ASIC. There are 6 ASICs (1-8, 9-16, 17-24,
>25-32, 33-40 and 41-48), so each of these ranges are oversubscribed with
>the maximum transfer speed of all 8 associated ports being 1gpbs. Also,
>if you run an etherchannel on this blade, the aggregate bandwidth of the
>etherchannel is limited to 1gbps. This is listed under the release
>notes for the blade. The WS-X6348-RJ45V, aside from being much more
>expensive, is not subject to ANY of these limitations and each port can
>operate at full wire speed on every port simultaneously. However, you
>also need to put another "fabric-enabling module" into the chassis to
>realize the benefits of this blade which is also very expensive from
>what !
> I believe. If you don't include the "fabric-enabling module", the
>WS-X6348-RJ45V will not utlize the fabric backplane and will operate
>with the same performance of the WS-6148-RJ45V.
>
>Please check with Cisco to verify any of this, but from MANY MANY phone
>calls and conversations with them, this is the information I was able to
>attain.
>
>Hope this helps,
>Ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com on behalf of Masoud, Alaa
> Sent: Thu 3/11/2004 5:10 AM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Cc:
> Subject: What is the difference??!!
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm building configuration for 6509 BB. I need to insert a
>10/100 inline power module. I found these exact same two with different
>prices. Would anyone know what the difference between them is??!!
>
> WS-X6348-RJ45V
> Catalyst 6500 48-port 10/100, Inline Power, RJ-45
> WS-X6148-RJ45V
> Catalyst 6500 48-port 10/100 Inline Power, RJ-45
>
> Alaa.
>
>
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