[nsp] Performance L2 and L3: Cat3550-EMI 5500SVIII+RMS

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 02:54:41PM +0200, sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:
> > any idea what kind of REAL performance difference exist between  
> > Cat3550-EMI 5500SVIII+RMS on at L2 first and later on L3-L4?
> 
> Well, the 3550 can do line rate both for L2 and L3. I 
> have no idea what the 5500 can do.

Neither.

The 5500 backplane has some 3.6 Gbit (all 3 backplanes together), and the 
L3 engines (RSM/RSFC) are spec'ed for some 200 Mbit (RSM) or 400 Mbit (RSFC)
throughput each.

The 5500 is a good and very solid switch, but "raw performance"-wise its 
age is showing.

gert

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