SV: [nsp] FE on 7200

[Burns, Keith]

You could look at the 7400 also. Put the IO GE into a switch as a router on
a stick (as has been suggested) leaving a PA slot for WAN, or if you don't
need WAN, go with a low end L3 switch?

Keith Burns
Principal Network Architect
ICG Telecommunications
IP Ph: 303-414-5385
Cell:   303-912-3777 

"The dogs may bark, but the caravan rolls on...."


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Streiner, Justin [mailto:streiner at stargate.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 4:15 PM
> To: jgh_cisco
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: SV: [nsp] FE on 7200
> 
> 
> On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, jgh_cisco wrote:
> 
> > Won't 2*PA-2FE-TX give you trouble with "bandwidth points", 
> on all NPEs,
> > except NPE-G1 ?
> >
> > It is my understanding that you have 600 bandwidth points 
> on each of the two
> > buses, and that the FEs on the I/O controller on all NPEs 
> except NPE-G1
> > count (Left bus, I/O + slot 1,3,5; Right bus: 2,4,6).
> > NPE-400 means 400 bandwidth points, as do PA-2FE-TX, 
> leaving no points
> > available for a second FA-2FE-TX ?
> 
> You could put one on each bus, depending on the type of I/O 
> controller you
> have.
> 
> > 
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/hw/modules/ps2033/
> products_confi
> > guration_guide_chapter09186a008014cf5c.html
> >
> > In fact, we are looking for a router platform (not switch; 
> 6500/7600) that
> > have "many" (5-10) FEs, which can do 802.1q.  Overlapping 
> VLAN IDs are an
> > issue, therefore placing a switch in front of the router FE 
> port is not an
> > option.
> 
> If you're looking for that many FE ports, you probably don't 
> want a 7200
> then, particularly if you expect to drive any of those ports 
> at close to
> wire-speed.
> 
> The theoretical maximum you could have would be
> NPE-G1 w/ 3 10/100/GE ports
> 2 PA-2FE-TX, one on each bus
> 2 PA-FE-TX,
> 
> That doesn't allow for any other high-speed interfaces (DS3, 
> E3, OC3, etc)
> without exceeding the bandwidth points on the router.
> 
> jms
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