[c-nsp] EoMPLS 7206VXR/NPE400

[McCallum, Robert]

The figures below was for an NPE-G1

Robert McCallum 
CCIE #8757 R&S
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: sthaug at nethelp.no [mailto:sthaug at nethelp.no] 
> Sent: 01 November 2004 09:42
> To: robert.mccallum at thus.net
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: RE: [c-nsp] EoMPLS 7206VXR/NPE400
> 
> 
> > 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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