From: Keith Foster (keith.foster@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Nov 09 2006 - 20:32:29 ART
Thats true...there is a different roadmap planned for each.
On 11/9/06, Venkatesh Venkatesh <kvpalani@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I had a meeting with a SE from cisco last week and we were bragging him
> about 6500 and 7600 and how come 7600 being expensive when they are the
> same, his answer was CISCO has a slightly different roadmap for 6500 and
> 7600 in the future both from an IOS and also from an HW perspective,
> though
> he dint give specifics.
>
> Thanks,
> Venkatesh # 16294
>
>
>
> On 11/9/06, Rodrigo Paes <rpaes@pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 14:47:08 -0500
> > "Fosket, William" <William.Fosket@compass.net> wrote:
> >
> > > My understanding is that the only difference between them is the name.
> > > Supposedly, some networks required routers so they relabeled the 6500
> > > switches to meet that (imagined) need.
> > >
> >
> > I heard this a couple of years back from a cisco guy on a Networker's
> > presentation about router architectures
> >
> > "well... Enterprise customers like to buy switches, 4500s 6500s, you
> > know, now Service Providers like to buy routers, 7500 10ks GSRs... what
> > we did was take the 6500, flip it on its side and rename it 7600, now
> > it's more Service Provider Friendly"
> >
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > []s
> > rodrigo
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