VOIPaintEASY
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We have two 8600's in our core. I know some networks have quad 8600's for cores. Anyone have a mixed environment of dual 8600's and dual Cisco 6500's for a core?
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Anyone have a mixed core of Nortel & Cisco?
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anthonyanderberg
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I haven't in production, but a few years ago while evaluating products I did a few basic tests of 8600-6500 hookups (OSPF, MLT/SMLT/Etherchannel, Physical Layer, ect). Everything I tried worked, but of course it was a test lab with 8 PCs. 
As a side note they've been pushing their Nexus switches in recent conversations I've had with them, and the 6500 platform has certainly been out a long time.
As a side note they've been pushing their Nexus switches in recent conversations I've had with them, and the 6500 platform has certainly been out a long time.
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VOIPaintEASY
IS-IT--Management
Agree on the Nexus/ 6500 comment but I would assume if anyone had something running production it would be 8600/ 6500. I would assume anyone running Nexus would have bought them in the past 6-8 months and running a pure Cisco core and not a combo, and thus not on this board.
VinceWhirlwind
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Not sure a mixed core would be such a good idea.
I have a 1600-1600 VRRP core in one place which is 100% Nortel, and a 6500-6500 VSS core elsewhere which is Cisco/3COM.
I have a 1600-1600 VRRP core in one place which is 100% Nortel, and a 6500-6500 VSS core elsewhere which is Cisco/3COM.
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