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

From: rkuhljr@uol.com.br
Date: Fri Jun 15 2001 - 01:14:44 EDT


We've not pursued the matter to see what were the issues, which I now see as a mistake, because it will be more difficult to know when they are solved.

Hope all the POS cards around work better than I presume...

Rubens Kuhl Jr.

>>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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>:: UOL: o melhor da Internet.
>::
>

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