[c-nsp] Cisco 6509 and Bus speeds

[Clinton Work]

If you want line-rate performance on the 10GigE ports you should look at
the WS-X6802-10GE module. The WS-X6704-10GE module will not do line-rate 
with all four ports in use. The module also has a much smaller packet 
buffer (16MB).

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_data_sheet09186a00801dce34.html
WS-X6802-10GE 2 port x 10 GE, dCEF720
WS-X6704-10GE 4 Port x 10 GE, CEF7201*

Marcel Lemmen wrote:
> The c6509 with Sup720 can handle 720Gbps of switching traffic in total,
> but what happens if I transfer 40Gbps from one slot to the other slot with
> 4x10GE (since we have 8 10GE ports)? As far as I know the c6509 has a
> 8Gbps backplane and therfor you shouldn't be able to transfer more then
> 8Gbps from one slot to another, or am I wrong in this one? Using dCEF it
> would be possible to transfer 40Gbps of traffice within one slot but not
> between slots or not?