[c-nsp] Bandwidth Point Calculation with NPE-G!

[Prit Patel]

HI justin,

i have total 4 nos of PA-2FE-TX in slot 1,3 nd slot 2,6 respectively.
But i just want to understand will it harm the router by any way in future
or i can ignore the message of BW point exceed and continue ?

Regards


On 1/24/06, Justin M. Streiner <streiner at cluebyfour.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 24 Jan 2006, Prit Patel wrote:
>
> > I m getting messages in log and show version output for exceeding the
> > bandwidth point for PCI Bus in my 7206VXR NPE-G1.
> > I have used 2 no. of PA-2FE-TX  in both bay of router so its excedeeing
> the
> > default BW point of 600.
> >
> > Will it make any diff in router's functionality ?
>
> It depends :)  Not to be sarcastic, but it's the truth.  In general, I
> think the router will function properly, but if you get into a situation
> where you need support from Cisco, they may not provide it, or scold you
> for using an unsupported configuration :)
>
> That's not to say that Cisco won't consider disabling some router
> interfaces on buses that exceed their BW point limit.  I think this very
> topic came up for discussion on this mailing list a while back.
>
> > is there any other way to reduce the BW points.
>
> If you have room or can re-arrange your cards, put the two PA-FE-2TXs on
> separate buses because the 600 point limit applies per bus in a VXR
> chassis.  Slots 0 (the I/O controller slot), 1, 3, and 5 are on one PCI
> bus and slots 2, 4, and 6 are on the other one.  For example, putting one
> card in slot 1 and the other in slot 2 would split them up and give you a
> utilization (not including whatever other cards you have installed) of 400
> points per bus.
>
> jms
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