RE: [nsp] 7000/7500 architecture resources

From: Andy Harding (andyh@verio.net)
Date: Wed Apr 17 2002 - 16:08:27 EDT


Inside Cisco IOS Software Architecture

Authors: Vijay Bollapragada, Curtis Murphy, Russ White

ISBN: 1578701813

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1578701813/qid=1019074182/sr=8-1/ref=
sr_8_7_1/102-9963958-9343311

kevin graham wrote on 17 April 2002:
>
>
> Can anyone recommend a resource for understanding the current architecture
> of the 7500? I'm only vaguely familar with the platform, and digging
> around on CCO, I keep running into a mix of either marketing drivel,
> clearly dated information, or module-specific data that doesn't cover the
> system as a whole.
>
> On a 7507/7513, is there a bridge between the two cbus's, or is it a
> function of the RSP to tie them together? If cbus bandwidth is 1.067gbps,
> is my understanding correct that even just a GEIP and GEIP+ together will
> destroy the bus (if you're lucky enough to get them running full rates)?
> In distributed mode, does the RSP ever get touched for direct adjacencies
> ie. when distributed, would a RSP8 make much of a difference at all over
> an RSP4.
>
> If someone could point me in the right direction for this, it'd be
> appreciated..
>
> thanks.
>
> ..kg..
>



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