[c-nsp] 7500 RSP8 Throughput Ability

[David Coulson]

Rodney Dunn wrote:
> If your packet size is large enough you can get 200 mbps through
> one of the cards. I've tested that in the lab and at 1400 bytes
> I think I could get close to 350 Mbps through it IIRC.

GEIP or GEIP+? I thought I read that the max rate on a GEIP was 400Mbit,
and a GEIP+ was 800Mbit, although I can't imagine it getting even close
to that...

> That was with no features. One of the main problems we hit though
> was the card doesn't support flow control so we saw overruns
> when the upstream was bursting.

Is it even worth running GEIP/GEIP+ on 7500?

David

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