[c-nsp] Cisco 7204 CPU utilisation.

[Alex Balashov]

Mark Tinka wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 April 2008, Alex Balashov wrote:
> 
>> Naturally, a Layer 3 switch is a smarter idea than a big
>> Layer 3 VLAN router-on-a-trunk-stick these days, but the
>> budget isn't there right now.
> 
> Not if you're doing heavy QoS.
> 
> We've been hit with issues where QoS commands exist on Cisco 
> desktop switches, but they don't actually take - this can 
> get annoying pretty fast.

Hmm.  Interesting.  What sort of thing are you referring to when you say 
"Cisco desktop switches"?

> 
> In the end, it depends on what features you need to turn on, 
> that determines whether you provide Layer 3 services off a 
> switch or trunked router port.

In this case, very, very basic inter-VLAN routing.  Nothing fancy 
whatsoever.


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