[c-nsp] EoMPLS 7206VXR/NPE400

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> 7200 performance is not nice.  If you put mpls + qos + EoMpls on the device
> you are looking at getting ~16Mb through a 1GIG connection MAX.

If you're talking about 7200 performance in general - well, that varies
quite a bit with the type of NPE used, and of course "extras" like
QoS.

I stand by my comments that the expected performance for EoMPLS is about
the same as for plain IP.

We use mostly Junipers for EoMPLS, but also some 7206VXRs with NPE-G1.
NPE-400 has significantly lower performance than NPE-G1, but the biggest
problem for us, in connection with EoMPLS, is the MTU problem (cannot
use MTU > 1500 on FE interfaces, which makes it difficult to accomodate
a standard Ethernet 1500 byte Ethernet frame in connection with EoMPLS).

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no



> 
> Robert McCallum 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sthaug at nethelp.no [mailto:sthaug at nethelp.no] 
> > Sent: 31 October 2004 12:56
> > To: us at abovenet.de
> > Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] EoMPLS 7206VXR/NPE400
> > 
> > 
> > > I have two 7206VXR with NPE400.
> > > 
> > > Any experience with EoMPLS between these boxes? Especially with 
> > > performance?
> > 
> > EoMPLS works fine on 7206VXR with NPE400. Watch out for MTU 
> > issues. Expect about the same performance as plain IP.
> > 
> > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no 
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