In my experience and how it was explained to meis that the main difference
is in the buffer settings on the card. You can modify the buffer settings
in VIP mode but it was something that was frowned upon in discussions...
On Jan 31, 2002 Steven W. Raymond spake:
> Question: What is the difference between a GEIP, vs a VIP2-50 w/ PA-GE
> combination? What is makes the GEIP different than a VIP2-50? I can
> see from a sh diag from GEIP EEPROM contents byte 21 = 0x21 (VIP2-50
> is 0x1E).
>
> I understand that there are throughput limitations on the
> VIP2-50, and that VIP4s offer significantly better performance.
> That's why I was surprised to read that the GEIP is basically a
> VIP2-50 with some GE PA attached. Am wondering why one cannot use a
> VIP4 w/ PA GE on a 75xx (understanding that line rate won't be
> achieved).
>
> Thank you
>
-- Rich Sena - ras@thick.net ThickNET Consulting "On the way to understanding; you understand, and forget."
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