6500 or 4500, VSS

[carl_townshend]

Hi all

Am I right in saying the 4500 now supports VSS ?

We need some new core switches for our datacentre but the 6509 may be overkill, possibly looking at 4507

what would be the rough percentage diff in price for these ?

Is the 4507 with Supervisor 8E powerful switch, we have the sup 720's in our 6509 at present, is it as poweful as them ?

cheers

[InayathUlla Sharieff]

Carl ,

Yes you are right 4500 supports VSS

Ref: https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-29472

Not sure about the price you might need to google it or check with any of your reseller.

Is the 4507 with Supervisor 8E powerful switch, we have the sup 720's in our 6509 at present, is it as poweful as them ?

this is the datasheet please refer the same and you would get an idea:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps4324/prod_models_comparison.html

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/prod_models_comparison.html#~tab-e

Regards

Inayath

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[Leo Laohoo]

Am I right in saying the 4500 now supports VSS ?

Correct.

We need some new core switches for our datacentre but the 6509 may be overkill, possibly looking at 4507

Carl,

What are clients are you planning to connect?  If you're going to say VMware or ESX "grade" servers, aka high-speed, hit-less servers, then 6500 or 4500 or 6800 will not be sufficient.

Think bigger, Nexus 7K, 6K, 5K & 2K is your solution. 

[Joseph W. Doherty]

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"Ballpark", 4500 approach is probably going to be 1/3 to 1/2 cost of 6500 approach.

Comparing which is more (powerful depends very much on chassis, line card and supervisor choices.  With the 6500s, DFCs are important too.

A "powerful" comparision might also include features (6500 tends to be feature richer).