On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Simon Lockhart wrote:
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.
On Monday, October 13, 2003 10:37 PM, Robert A. Hayden <rhayden@geek.net> wrote:
7600 is also vertical boards whereas the 6500 is horizontal.
* arnold@nipper.de (Nipper, Arnold) [Mon 13 Oct 2003, 22:53 CEST]:
6500-NEBS has also vertical boards ...
Well, guess what? That's because the 7600 is a 6509-NEB chassis. Take a 6509, fill it with the most expensive versions of DFC, MSFC, Supervisor, switch fabric cards etc., fill it all up with memory, and the only difference with an OSR-7609 is the faceplace. Compare the pictures at http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat6000/6000hw/inst_aug/... and http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/core/cis7600/hardware/osrout... or for the plain 7609 http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/core/cis7600/hardware/cis_76... (the text leading up to this image leads to Figure 1-3, which is incorrect, btw) So, yes, Simon was very much correct - differences between 65xx and 76xx (for equal values of xx) are initial configuration and the paint job. -- Niels.