[c-nsp] PA-POS-2OC3

sthaug at nethelp.no sthaug at nethelp.no
Wed Nov 24 13:27:54 EST 2004


>  Can anyone comment PA-POS-2OC3 abilities to process fully-saturated (both
>  directions) STM1 (one port usage) and 2xSTM1 (two ports usage)?
> 
>  PA-POS-2OC3 is going to be used on 7206VXR with NPE-G1.

It will depend on your packet size. With minimum sized packets NPE-G1
can (almost) cope with full duplex traffic for *one* STM-1, according
to my Smartbits measurements.

With more normal packet size distributions you should have no problem
handling two STM-1s of traffic going in both directions.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no


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