"Tom (UnitedLayer)" <tom@unitedlayer.com> writes:
On Sun, 8 Feb 2004, Alexander Hagen wrote:
The PA-2FE-TX is about 1600.00- better to get a second PA-FE-TX with second VIP2-50
Now why is the CX-FEIP-2TX so much cheaper than the PA-2FE-TX ?????
I believe because the CX-FEIP-2TX is a full length card. The PA-2FE-TX also isn't able to handle a full 100Mbps per port, so don't be suprised if it doesn't work well :)
VIP2/50 is a much better combo.
The reason that the CX-FEIP-2TX is so inexpensive is that it is interesting mainly as a curiousity of transitional technology. A CX-FEIP-2TX is VIP1, not a VIP2 (even a 2-15 or 2-20), and is incapable of being upgraded to do distributed anything, (cef, flow, whatever). It barely does full-duplex at line rate on one port, let alone two. Its sole use, if you happen to like to keep old hardware around, is that it will work in a 7000/7010 with RP/[S]SP, (ie, not an RSP). You can use them in a 7500 (or a 7000 with an RSP7k), but why would you want to? ---Rob