Until CISCO introduce L2TP support on the PXFs, you won't be able to run
more than about 1500 L2TP sessions without running out of CPU anyway.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kinczli Zoltán [mailto:Zoltan.Kinczli@Synergon.hu]
> Sent: 30 January 2002 15:29
> To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net
> Subject: [nsp] [nsp] performance of an IO-GE+E vs PA-GE
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Anybody can tell me about the performance of the io-ge+e's GigaEth
> port?
>
> The PA-GE peeks at 400mbps (that is 200mbps full duplex).
> On the 7400
> the two
> onboard gigaeth's perform at higer rate, provided the traffic flows
> between them.
>
> What i'm currently investigating: if a 7206VXR w NSE-1 can
> handle 8000
> adsl
> users and if i count only 64kbps per user it results in
> 500mbps. Does it
> make
> sense to install two or three PA-A3 into the box? (We receive the L2TP
> tunnels
> via atm PVCs.)
>
> The CPU handles 300kpps, say the avg.pak size is 512Byte
> (300000*512*8=< 1Gbps),
> so CPU-wisely it's ok. It's roughly OK with two PA-A3's 'distributed'
> between the
> two PCI busses.
>
> BUT: how does the traffic exit from the router? A PA-GE peeks at
> 200mbps, as we said.
> What about an IO-GE+E's GE?
>
> I simply can't find any info on the IO-GE's performance.
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> --zoltan
>
>
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