Re: [nsp] HSSI Card Limitations ?

From: Siva Valliappan (svalliap@cisco.com)
Date: Mon Mar 12 2001 - 18:30:22 EST


i think i know where the 16 mbps limit comes from. now i am not very
knowledgeable on the wan-switching product line but i believe one of
the HSSI ports there is limited to 16 mbps. on the router side, all
the HSSI PAs can handle line rate.

regards
.siva

>
> Yes... Everybody uses them at 45mb/s for t3's, they work well.
>
> There is no Cisco imposed limitation on frame-relay PVC's.
>
> Some providers may impose a limitation, for instance Bell Atlantic
> aka Verizon aka VADI won't set up public frame PVC's of more than
> 2mbit/sec on a t3, and while you can set up 4-6 of them and route
> across the set, this is a diminishing returns games.
>
> Other providers (uunet loves frame) will have other rules.
>
> George
>
> > From cisco-nsp-request@puck.nether.net Mon Mar 12 16:19:35 2001
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> > Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 20:44:08 +0000
> > To: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
> > From: Kevin Gannon <kevin@gannons.net>
> > Subject: Re: [nsp] HSSI Card Limitations ?
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> > At 03:26 PM 3/12/01 -0500, Jared Mauch wrote:
> > >On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 08:01:12PM +0000, Kevin Gannon wrote:
> > > > We are looking at using a HSSI interface on a 7200 for frame realy
> > > > connectivity. One of my customers mentioned that there is a limitation
> > > > of 16Mbps on the Cisco cards.
> > > >
> > > > Is anyone running a HSSI card at higher speeds ?
> >
> > I know that HSSI can manage 52Mbs but I mean can the
> > Cisco's push the cards full rate. Sounds very daft I
> > know a 7200 can push well in excess of this I am more worried
> > about some Cisco "feature" with the PA's themself.
> >
> > I have hit things like this with ATM cards and VBR
> > PVC's on the 7500 AIP's Grrrrrrrrr. I love when the
> > TAC tell you these features and then say they are not
> > documented.
> >
> > Thanks & Regards,
> > Kevin
> > > Yes.
> > >
> > > These cards can do 45M+
> > >
> > > I'm sure people in europe will comment on 50M+ (E3's)
> > >
> > > - Jared
> > >
> > >--
> > >Jared Mauch | pgp key available via finger from jared@puck.nether.net
> > >clue++; | http://puck.nether.net/~jared/ My statements are only mine.
> >
> >
>



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