[63976] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Extreme BlackDiamond
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Boyle)
Mon Oct 13 17:03:36 2003
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:59:25 -0400
To: alex@pilosoft.com
From: Robert Boyle <robert@tellurian.com>
Cc: Nanog Mailing list <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0310131642040.12333-100000@paix.pilosoft.com
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At 04:43 PM 10/13/2003, alex@pilosoft.com wrote:
> > 7600 is also vertical boards whereas the 6500 is horizontal.
>
>Yep, I think from now on, we should make this a primary distinction
>between switch and a router: If a device has vertical line cards, it is a
>router, if horizontal, it is a switch.
>
>Works well for 7500/12000/5x00/6500. ;)
A small problem... all of my 7200s have horizontal line cards as do the
Juniper M5/7/10/20. The smaller 7100, 3700, 3600, 2600 also have horizontal
line cards too. So... here is a correction.
"From now on, we should make this a primary distinction between switch and
a router: If a device has vertical line cards, it is a router, if
horizontal, it is a switch, unless there are two or more vertical slots
within any horizontal slot plane, then it is, in fact, a router."
How does that sound?
-Robert
Tellurian Networks - The Ultimate Internet Connection
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