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

Michael,
     As Ryan asked. I am interested in the same. Since it is flagged OT
if you are ok with leaving it public I'd enjoy reading the feedback
also. Thanks for sharing with us.

--Hammer--

On 8/12/2010 12:42 PM, Ryan West wrote:
> Michael,
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On
>> Behalf Of Michael Marvel
>> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 1:30 PM
>> To: --Hammer--
>> Cc: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
>> 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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