Re: OT - VSS and CCIE 4.0

On 3/4/2011 1:39 PM, Narbik Kocharians wrote:
> Some say whats the big deal with 6500s? When Cisco replaced 3550s
> with 3560s, we had to go through an unbelievable amount of testing and
> prep work; can you imagine the differences between a 3560 and a 6500?
> The QoS, and other features that can get implemented.

3560 = $1000
6500 = $10000 (very conservative price for a VSS/QOS capable chassis and
probably stolen/counterfeit)

Discounting pure throughput rates and number of interfaces, the number
of additional technology options available on the 6500 is very small.
Certainly not worth the increased cost to everyone to bother.

As a note, I have been a technical instructor. It's hard work, but not
the issue. How much money it costs or makes or any of that is not
relevant to the scope or difficulty of the test. I must pay something
though or Cisco wouldn't have gotten into the market themselves. They
don't tend to chase money losers.

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