[63972] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Extreme BlackDiamond
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert A. Hayden)
Mon Oct 13 16:38:23 2003
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 15:37:14 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <rhayden@geek.net>
To: Simon Lockhart <simon.lockhart@bbc.co.uk>
Cc: Nanog Mailing list <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20031013202555.GG29666@rd.bbc.co.uk>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
7600 is also vertical boards whereas the 6500 is horizontal.
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Simon Lockhart wrote:
>
> On Mon Oct 13, 2003 at 01:19:21PM -0700, Tom (UnitedLayer) wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Michel Py wrote:
> > > Aren't most of the 6500 blades the same as the 7600 ones anyway? Between
> > > these two IMHO we are looking at a blurry distinction between a router
> > > with very good switching capabilities and a L3 switch with very good
> > > routing capabilities.
> >
> > Does the 7600 have the same BGP Scanner problem as the 6509 does?
>
> I've still yet to see anything that suggests that the difference between
> the 7600 and the 6500 is more than just a paint job and a marketting job.
>
> Simon
>
