[c-nsp] Cat 6500 - SIP module

Kristofer Sigurdsson kristosig at gmail.com
Thu Jul 27 09:20:46 EDT 2006


Hi,

> Ethernet.  Can someone tell me what the difference between GigEthernet SPA
> over the GigEthernet interfaces onboard the SUP32 and the 4148A (apart from
> the fact that the 4148 ports are shared) when they are used with L3
> functionality, ie not as L2 switch ports ?

First of all, the SIP modules offer a special VLAN space, which means
you can use the same VLAN ID across ports.  It also supports
additional MPLS features, at least notably in EoMPLS from SVI's.

Those ports also have additional buffers.

-Kristo


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