01 February 2012#in

Cisco announce new 40 gig ports

Cisco have announced a slew of new products aimed squarely at the data centre market. New 40 gig modules are available for both the 6500 and Nexus 7000 platforms. The 6500 module is a 4 port module that can also be equipped with a convertor plug in to provide 10 gig ports. Overall switching capacity is 80 gig so supports 2 40 gig ports at line rate, or 4 ports oversubscribed 2:1. The 6500 modules require the new Sup-2T supervisor engines.

100 Gig modules are also available for the Nexus 7000.

Another new launch is the 4500-X which provides up to 40 Ten Gig interfaces utilising VSS support which has been available on the 6500s for a few years.

No pricing or availability information is out there yet…but don’t expect them to be cheap!

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Barry Hesk