[c-nsp] gigabit ports/modules for 7507 and 7513 routers

[Pete Templin]

Sridhar Ayengar wrote:

> Has anyone ever gotten a PA-GE working with a VIP6?  Would two PA-GEs be 
> able to talk to each other at something approaching line rate across a 
> VIP6?

My understanding is that the PA-CyBus interface is a variation of PCI 
that's limited to 330Mbps.  As such, you're not going to achieve line 
rate with any model VIP, but the VIP6 will allow more features to be 
applied at bus rate than other VIPs.

pt