Cisco Chassis Switch

[trevorc1653]

What is Cisco's largest (capacity) chassis switch, and where in the network, and for
what purpose is it used?

[Leo Laohoo]

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@Joseph W. Doherty wrote:
but OP asked for a chassis switch, not a chassis router

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LOL.  What are the chances that the OP has never even heard of a chassis-based router?

I wanted to throw in the GSR, but, I realized it is not that big.

[Joseph W. Doherty]

"What are the chances that the OP has never even heard of a chassis-based router?"

Based on the OP, and excluding modular routers, I'm willing to provide odds, because usually not seen in the Cisco line up except for service providers.

GSR, eh?  But as a switch router, unsure it is fair game or not.  ; )

[trevorc1653]

Sluggish telnet command line processing?  Sounds like that may have been a long time ago!

By the way, who/what is OP??????

[Joseph W. Doherty]

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@trevorc1653 wrote:

Sluggish telnet command line processing?  Sounds like that may have been a long time ago!

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Yea, it was some time ago, about 13 years.  But, I suspect it was just the way the CRS-1 behaved.

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@trevorc1653 wrote:

By the way, who/what is OP??????

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Believe, on these forums, it's used for Original Post.

[trevorc1653]

OP, Original Post.  I guess no one has to wonder if I'm a newbie

Thanks Joseph!!!

[trevorc1653]

Thanks Leo for that response!!!

Your comment about the "super core" network prompts another question.
Are there different "core" levels of an ISP and/or telco network?

Thanks again Leo!

[Leo Laohoo]

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@trevorc1653 wrote:
Your comment about the "super core" network prompts another question.
Are there different "core" levels of an ISP and/or telco network?

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I call it "super core" because the CRS sits in the heart of every large ISP's network.  I also call it "super core" because it is capable of shuffling large amount of packets. 

The Cisco CRS-1 is powered by Cisco IOS^® XR Software-a unique, self-healing, distributed operating system designed for always-on operation that scales system capacity up to 92 terabits per second (Tbps). The innovative system architecture combines the Cisco Silicon Packet Processor, the first programmable 40-Gbps application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), with the Cisco Service Separation Architecture for outstanding service flexibility and speed to service.

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[trevorc1653]

So, just to make sure I can check the box on this, the terminology "super core"
is NOT some official language in and among ISP.  Is that correct?