RE: OT: Cisco NEXUS 7k vs Catalyst 6509E

Michael,

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> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On
> Behalf Of Michael Marvel
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 1:30 PM
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> Subject: Re: OT: Cisco NEXUS 7k vs Catalyst 6509E
>
> We are currently in the final stages of a greenfield datacenter buildout.
> Then entire infrastructure is Nexus gear. 2x N7010s as the core, 6x N5020
> (paired into 3 pairs) and 14x N2248 FEX. We looked at both the 6500 VSS
> solution as well as the Nexus 7K before making our decision. The final
> decision was based on a combination of things including hands on experience
> at a CPOC lab and our environment.
>
> I'll tell you this, from a pure throughput standpoint, it definately lives up to
> expectations. There are a very limited number of line cards available. Pretty
> much a 32 port 10Gb card, 32 port 10Gb DCE card, 48 port
> RJ-45 blade and a 48 port SFP blade for 10/100/1000 connectivity. Cisco is
> definately not stocking these things right now so if you have an RMA issue,
> especially on the 7K, you might be in for a bit of a wait.
>
> Now, that being said, I do know of other major projects in my area using
> Nexus and specifically the 7K. The State of Tennessee is rolling a bunch into
> their new DC and a major hospital put some in as the core of the hospital
> network. They are definately becoming more widely utilized.
>
> If you have any specific questions you can PM me so we don't fill up the CCIE
> study group with off topic stuff. Unless, of course, anybody else is
> interested.
>

I am interested in the overall design. In particular, are you using a VDC sandwich architecture? Do you have services switches or appliances? Transparent or routed mode? Is it for a virtualized environment?

Thanks!

-ryan

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Received on Thu Aug 12 2010 - 17:42:01 ART