[nsp] Sup 720

Lincoln Dale ltd at cisco.com
Fri Apr 11 09:11:22 EDT 2003


d'oh.  time to add more coffee.

i wrote:
>  - each crossbar on a cat6k is made up of 16 "channels".
>  - on a cat6k with 2 crossbars, there are a total of 32 channels.

actually, thats 18 "channels" not 16.

>the performance of each channel is dependent on the crossbar type.
>  - on the older "SFM" crossbar, each channel operates at 8gbit/s full-duplex.
>  - on the new "Sup720" crossbar, each channel operates at 20gbit/s 
> full-duplex.

(the correct number of 18 means the math works out)


sorry for the confusion.


cheers,

lincoln.



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