12-19-2009 07:23 PM - edited 03-06-2019 09:01 AM
Currently have alot of data center switches based on Sup720-Base sup's with 1-3 WS-C6748 gigabit cards for servers. Rather than adding 10 Gb cards to upgrade the current 1 Gb uplinks to the distribution, I have an engineer recommending that I upgrade the bandwidth using a number of spare WS-Sup32-10GE-3B however the 720 is a fabric enabled sup while the sup32 isn't fabric enabled. Will the WS-C6748-GE cards even work with a Sup32 or is this going to require a fabric sup for the cards to operate ?
12-19-2009 08:01 PM
Hi,
You will need Sup-720 for 6748 cards.
Please refer to this document for more info:
HTH
Reza
12-20-2009 01:58 AM
dlubansky wrote:
Currently have alot of data center switches based on Sup720-Base sup's with 1-3 WS-C6748 gigabit cards for servers. Rather than adding 10 Gb cards to upgrade the current 1 Gb uplinks to the distribution, I have an engineer recommending that I upgrade the bandwidth using a number of spare WS-Sup32-10GE-3B however the 720 is a fabric enabled sup while the sup32 isn't fabric enabled. Will the WS-C6748-GE cards even work with a Sup32 or is this going to require a fabric sup for the cards to operate ?
As Reza said the WS-X67xx modules only work with a Sup720. These modules are fabric only ie. they do not support a connection to the 32Gbps shared bus and as the Sup32 is a bus based supervisor the two will simply not work together.
You may want to have a word with your engineer
Jon
12-20-2009 07:46 AM
Hello Dlubansky,
as Jon has noted you may want to inform your colleague of this evident mismatch.
I would send him a link to C6500 architecture
it should help him to change his mind about this.
Hope to help
Giuseppe
12-20-2009 02:36 PM
I would tell the engineer that he's talking kaka...(its an industry term) :-)
12-20-2009 03:52 PM
The ONlY thing that is better about Sup-32 vs Sup-720 is the price.
Sup-32 $20000
Sup-720 $38000
All list price
But then again with Sup-32 you can not use 6748 cards
Reza
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