[c-nsp] gigabit ports/modules for 7507 and 7513 routers

Sridhar Ayengar ploopster at gmail.com
Tue Aug 7 14:48:02 EDT 2007


Pete Templin wrote:
>> Has anyone ever gotten a PA-GE working with a VIP6?  Would two PA-GEs 
>> be able to talk to each other at something approaching line rate 
>> across a VIP6?
> 
> My understanding is that the PA-CyBus interface is a variation of PCI 
> that's limited to 330Mbps.  As such, you're not going to achieve line 
> rate with any model VIP, but the VIP6 will allow more features to be 
> applied at bus rate than other VIPs.

So then doesn't that limitation also apply to the 7200VXR series routers?

Peace...  Sridhar


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