[c-nsp] 7200s and fastethernet aggregator ?

[Kristofer Sigurdsson]

Hi,

Is the NPE-G2 stable? I guess there should be no problem in this

> regard, it's a pure central CPU design, but we never know.
>
> Also, the bottleneck in the 7200 seems to be the PCI bus latency for
> small packets.



If you use the on-board gigE ports on G1 or G2,. the traffic does not go
through the PCI bus.

Still, if your bandwidth or packet rate requirements are too heavy for the
7200, the 7600's are the next stop.  Do your research well before you swap
out 7200 for 7600, though.

-Kristo