Re: Cisco 6500 vs Nexus

Nexus has twice the density of 10Gb and 1Gb ports. (Nexus 7k)
The original fabric modules support 230Gbps per slot, 6500 only supports 40Gbps (Sup720) and 80Gbps (Sup2T). Newer FABs will be more I expect.
ISSU on the 7k generally means zero downtime software updates.
Nexus support FEX.
Just to name a few features.

But really.....they dont play the same role in the DC anyway.
6500 are more services layer switches which the Nexus serve the role as a Data Centre aggregation switch.

Cheers
Chris

> On 3 Mar 2015, at 8:15 am, Cisco Fanatic <ebay_products_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> We were talking internally as why someone will replace a Cisco 6500 switch
> with a Nexus?
> I don't see a compelling reason if someone in the group who has seen any
> advantages of moving to Nexus.
> Cisco 6500 platform has been around for a decade now and have all the feature
> set which is available for a Data Center(if this is the rationale behind Cisco
> making their customer buy the expensive Nexus switches).
> yuri
>
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