Re: Cisco Nexus 7000 Series at $75k

From: Hoogen (hoogen82@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Jan 31 2008 - 03:44:55 ARST


Greorgy infiband is still on, I think everyone has that in mind, not much i
can say more about it. But expect something in the timeframe of about 2-3
years. It is gonna be worth the wait.

-Hoogen

On Jan 30, 2008 12:34 AM, Wilhelm Boeddinghaus <wilhelm@boeddinghaus.de>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> in the company I work for we think about implementing this new switches.
> From all we know the RPs are running Linux on Xeon Processors.
> And there are just two IO modules available, 48 port 1 GBit and 32 port
> 10 GBit. If you need storage or security, you still have to buy Catalyst
> 6500 or other switches.
>
> It seems to be a very fast switch with virtualization.
>
> Let's what a first detailed look reveales.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Wilhelm
>
> http://www.routerlabs.de
>
> Salau, Yemi schrieb:
> > What do you guys think of Nexus 7000 series to be unveiled by Cisco?
> >
> > The Cisco NX-OS that drives it, has anyone used it before, is it anymuch
> > different to Cisco-IOS and CatOS? $75k sounds kind a cheap to me, for a
> > technology that delivers 10GbE optimized switching platform that can
> > scale up to 40GbE and 100GbE when available!
> >
> > NO doubt this will target the Data Centre Market and promises to deliver
> > up to 15TbE some day!
> >
> > Many Thanks
> >
> > Yemi Salau
> >
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