Extreme BlackDiamond

Mon Oct 13 21:08:28 UTC 2003

>> On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Simon Lockhart wrote:
>>> I've still yet to see anything that suggests that the difference
>>> between the 7600 and the 6500 is more than just a paint job and a
>>> marketting job.

> On Monday, October 13, 2003 10:37 PM, Robert A. Hayden
> <rhayden at geek.net> wrote:
>> 7600 is also vertical boards whereas the 6500 is horizontal.

* arnold at nipper.de (Nipper, Arnold) [Mon 13 Oct 2003, 22:53 CEST]:
> 6500-NEBS has also vertical boards ...

Well, guess what?  That's because the 7600 is a 6509-NEB chassis.
Take a 6509, fill it with the most expensive versions of DFC, MSFC,
Supervisor, switch fabric cards etc., fill it all up with memory,
and the only difference with an OSR-7609 is the faceplace.

Compare the pictures at
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat6000/6000hw/inst_aug/01over.htm#69700
and
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/core/cis7600/hardware/osrouter/osr_over.htm#69700
or for the plain 7609
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/core/cis7600/hardware/cis_76xx/osr_over.htm#1068171

(the text leading up to this image leads to Figure 1-3, which is
 incorrect, btw)

So, yes, Simon was very much correct - differences between 65xx and 76xx
(for equal values of xx) are initial configuration and the paint job.

	-- Niels.