At 11:03 AM 1/10/01 -0500, Brian Pavane wrote:
>I have a question about how much you can actually pump through
>a Cisco
>7206VXR/400/2FE box. I'm looking to put 5 PA's in the unit,
>most likely, 5
>MC-T3 cards, and then run MLPPP over the DS1's on those
>T3's. In this
>setup, I could see the maximum number of MLPPP groups
>physically possible
>being 70. The question is, will a 7206VXR with an NPE-400
>support this?
Yes. Disable fragmentation unless you absolutely need it. There
is also a new GE+E or 2FE I/O card to make a fast uplink.
>Will going with a NSE-1 give me any MLPPP benefits over a plain
>NPE-400?
No. The PXF processor on NSE-1 doesn't accelerate MLPPP, while
the MIPS processor on NPE-400 is one third faster than the one
found on NSE-1.
/pab
>Any advice is appreciated.
>
>Thanks.
>
>-Brian
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