RE: RE: [nsp] GEIP vs. GEIP+

From: Karyn Ulriksen (kulriksen@publichost.com)
Date: Thu Jun 14 2001 - 17:07:10 EDT


I haven't had any problems with my POS card (yet). Should I be on the look
out for anything in particular?

K

:: -----Original Message-----
:: From: rkuhljr@uol.com.br [mailto:rkuhljr@uol.com.br]
:: Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 1:49 PM
:: To: Karyn Ulriksen; rkuhljr@uol.com.br; cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net
:: Subject: Re:RE: [nsp] GEIP vs. GEIP+
::
::
::
:: When a vendor tells you that something works, you should
:: verify it... when even the vendor assumes that something
:: doesn't work, run away as fast as you can. That's the case
:: for POS cards on 7500... both Cisco and its competitors has
:: better offers for POS conectivity.
::
:: GEIP+ runs ok on 7507, although we've only tested it on lab.
:: We have lots of GEIP and VIP2-50 and they are useful in
:: scenarios where 7507s are for us, thus making unlikely a
:: meeting of GEIP+ and a 7507.
::
::
:: Rubens Kuhl Jr.
::
::
:: >>Rubens,
:: >
:: > I did read your previous post on the Cisco Puck list.
:: Apparently, you
:: >were also putting together the POS-OC3/GEIP(+)/7507 combo.
:: Are you running
:: >that now or did you throw in the towel on that?
:: >
:: > Karyn
:: >
:: >
:: >:: -----Original Message-----
:: >:: From: rkuhljr@uol.com.br [mailto:rkuhljr@uol.com.br]
:: >:: Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 12:10 PM
:: >:: To: Karyn Ulriksen; cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net
:: >:: Subject: Re:[nsp] GEIP vs. GEIP+
:: >::
:: >::
:: >:: >What's the advantage/difference of GEIP+ over GEIP?
:: >::
:: >:: Compared to GEIP, 100% gain on bandwidth that is useless for
:: >:: iMix-type traffic, 60% gain on processing power (packets/s)
:: >:: that is very handy to deal better with traffic or turn more
:: >:: IOS features on, cheaper memory expansion (doesn't require
:: >:: SRAM and DRAM, just the SDRAM), and a hard time trying to
:: >:: find a solid IOS that supports it. Most unhappiness with
:: >:: GEIP+ come from the IOS versions that run with it, not from
:: >:: GEIP+'s own misfortunes.
:: >::
:: >:: Rubens Kuhl Jr.
:: >::
:: >
::
:: ---
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