Cat 6509 vs Cisco 7600

[dennisopiso]

We are planning to upgrade our network infrastructure. But we are thinking if we could use 6509 as our core switch for WAN and LAN instead of using 7600. Is this possible? What are the pros and cons if we setup our 6509 as our core (for LAN and WAN) over 7600

[Dominique Demore]

Hi Dennis,

I was facing the same question over the Summer. The only difference we were giving from our sales, was the 7600 is a NEBS compliant and is treated as a router. I find that there are more options available from a switching point of view with the 6500 series that still aren't available for the 7600.

If you are looking for more of a solution to connected workstations and other networking devices (switches, SANs, etc), I would select the 6500. It use the same supervisor, so you still get the same routing performance.

We selected the 7600 with a bunch of 2950's, and looking back it lately, I would have done it differently.

Hope that helps.

-- Dominique