Cisco engineers set up a virtual switch link (VSL) between the switches, each equipped with eight WS6408 10G Ethernet line cards and one Virtual Switching Supervisor 720-10G management/switch ...

In the first quarter of 2011, Cisco’s share of the $4.74 billion Ethernet switch market slipped to 65% from 71.5% in Q1 of 2010, according to Dell’Oro Group.