[rescue] WTB: Cisco 5000 parts

james james at jdfogg.com
Tue Oct 26 04:37:32 CDT 2004


On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 01:01, Mark Price wrote:
> Hello folks. 
> 
> I have a Catalyst 5000 chassis with a Supervisor III card in it.  It is 
> a very cool beefy looking box, but unfortunately, not very useful as 
> is.  I have been keeping an eye on ebay, but I wanted to ping this list 
> for sources of cards too.  From the reading I have done, I think I 
> really want the netflow feature card and route switch processor to be 
> able to do layer 3 switching (routing).  But I'd also be interested in 
> regular Ethernet and FDDI cards so I can put the switch in my network.
> 
> I also rescued a Compaq 1850R server, I need to buy some drive sleds 
> (SCA), if anyone has some.
> 
> Mark

Many of the cat5500 cards will work in the 5000. I didn't think there
was a netflow option though. You might want to check the compatibility
matrix on Cisco.com.

Many of the used/recycled network equipment dealers will sell these
cards cheap.



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