#lca2014


#lca2014
Quote of the day from http://linux.conf.au in the syadmin miniconf-
(On the topic of networking buffers) "And some devices are just horrible: Cisco Catalyst 6500."

Comments

  1. John Samuel6 January 2014 at 15:43

    Points for honesty there. I suspect Cisco might not appreciate that though. :)

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  2. Elaine Walker6 January 2014 at 19:03

    Then they should make less horrible devices.

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  3. Andrew Cooks7 January 2014 at 06:34

    The sysadmin miniconf had some gems. Sadly, I missed this talk.

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  4. Rob Masters7 January 2014 at 07:51

    John Samuel & Elaine Walker, the bulk of Cisico's gear is actually pretty good. The problem with the 6500 series is that it was Cisco's Edsel, compounded by the fact that you could get good ones - if you had the exactly right combination of revisions of each of twenty-odd components, and the right firmware for each. Including the power supplies.

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  5. Julien Goodwin8 January 2014 at 18:05

    Thank you Rob Masters

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