Re: [nsp] c7200 architecture question?

From: Brian (bri@sonicboom.org)
Date: Sat Jun 09 2001 - 01:16:32 EDT


for the 7206vxr, it is true that the controller shares bus with 1, 3, and
5;and 2, 4, and 6 are on the other bus. For non vxr 7206, I am not sure..

    Bri

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gert Doering" <gert@greenie.muc.de>
To: <cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 1:39 PM
Subject: [nsp] c7200 architecture question?

> Hi,
>
> until today, I was sure that I had read somewhere that the slots 0
> (onboard), 1, 3 and 5 of the 7200 routers share one PCI bus (and bandwidth
> points), and the slots 2,4, and 6 share a second PCI bus.
>
> Currently I'm reading the Cisco press book "inside cisco IOS software
> architecture", and while it focusses on IOS, it also covers different
> router architectures in good detail. The book claims in chapter 5 that
> the 720x routers have *three* PCI buses, bus 0 for the I/O board
> ("slot 0"), bus 1 & 2 for the PA slots.
>
> If this is correct, it would mean that I do not have to count "bandwidth
> points" for the onboard interfaces when considering PCI bus 0, which makes
> a significant difference when using a C7200-I/O-2FE-E or a GE/E that have
> 400 bandwidth points each.
>
> So... can one of you enlighten me, please? How is the bus architecture of
> the 7200s, and which slots affect each other?
>
> thanks!
>
> gert
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