CAT 65K with sup2T and 48XX series cards

[carl_townshend]

Hi all

im looking at 2 new cores for a remote site, not a large datacentre, maybe 20 servers etc, vmware etc

I am looking at the 6509 with sup2T and 48xx series cards, Someone mentioned that this wont be good enough if running Vmware through them etc ? and recommended Nexus series

Surely the sup2T and 48xx series cards should cope fine with this kind of environment, we have the sup720's in our other larger datacentre with VM ware and we have no issues at all

whats the score here ?

[InayathUlla Sharieff]

Carl,

Yes thts correct. Nexus are purely desigened for Data Center and these kinds of setup which you have mentioned above,k  as this devices has highest level of datplane forwarding and keeping in mind the future upgrade or implementation my recommendation is to go with Nexus .

But again its up to you to decide which one you would like to proceed with:

Here are the links which you can use:

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

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9402/products_data_sheets_list.html

Regards

Inayath