[c-nsp] Cat 6500 spec

[David J. Hughes]

OK, now it's clear.  Many thanks for the clarification Tim.  Even 
though it's bad news it's still good to know the real story.  Now it's 
time to track down those that told me otherwise :-)


Thanks again

David
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On 08/07/2006, at 1:21 PM, Tim Stevenson wrote:

> Sorry, that's wrong. The A card has the exact same 8:1
> oversubscription & follows the same architectural model as the non-A
> at a high level (8 ports per "stub" ASIC connecting to aggregation 
> ASIC(s)).
>
> But the ASICs in the A version are more capable and have some
> advantages (per port vs shared buffers and jumbo frame support for
> example). But there is still **one Gig bandwidth between each group
> of 8 ports & the bus** and you'll never get more than 6G out of this 
> card.
>
> HTH,
> Tim