[nsp] 7206VXR Bandwidth Points Experiences

[Stefan Schultheis (home)]

Hi Todd,

Cisco uses AFAIK the bandwidth points as an idea to measure how big the
load on a router *might be* when the interfaces are heavily loaded.

It's possible to exceed the bandwidth point specifications, your router
will probably handle the load of interfaces if you exceed the bw points
specs, but it means that

(1) Cisco does not certify that the box is working without troubles

and

(2) you will probably not get support from Cisco TAC. You'll be asked to
reduce the number of interfaces and then you'll get the support for the
problem itself (if it still exists).


The machine will probably work and it does not matter if you are using the
onboard-FastEthernet-Ifs or not - you're over the specs, which is more an
administrative or warranty issue than a technical one!

Regards,
Stefan


> Has anyone had any bad experiences when exceeding the 600 bandwidth points
> on a 7206VXR? I am running an NPE 400 I/O card (2 port 100-TX) with a DS-3
> card in slot 1, an OC-3 card in slot 2, and 2 port 100-FX card in slot 4.
> That gives me a total of 580 points on the left side (I/O card and slots
> 1,3,5) and 700 points on the right side (slots 2,4,6).
> I basically want to know if I'm going to run into trouble? I talked to
> Cisco
> TAC about it and they indicated that it can be a problem depending on your
> loading. I don't expect to be loading the CPU or circuits down that heavy
> at
> all.
>
> Additional questions:
> If I don't use the 2 100-TX ports on the I/O module does it still count as
> 400 points?
> If I use only 1 of the 100-FX ports does it count as only 200 points
> instead
> of 400?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Todd A. Baker
> Network Engineer, CCNA
> ChevronTexaco/IT
> * 661-392-2247
> * todd.baker at eds.com
>
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