[c-nsp] NPE-G1 PPS limitations

[Hank Nussbacher]

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008, Łukasz Bromirski wrote:

> For the GE ports on NPE-G1 you can expect around 470kpps at 64B, for
> the traffic going from/to GE port on NPE-G1 to C7200-I/O-GE it's
> close to 380kpps at 64B, and going from/to PA-GE it's only around
> 120kkps at 64B. That'll depend on features, IOS train and the traffic
> characteristics of course but those are the baselines for empty
> config with CEF and 12.1 train. 12.2S and latest 12.4(15)T rebuilds
> should get better performance in the same scenario.
>
> PA-GE to PA-GE traffic maxes out at around 160kpps at 64B with NPE-G1
> and NPE-400 - so it's not limitation of CPU engine but a bus
> limitation.

I need PA-GE to C7200-I/O-GE connectivity.  For 1500 bytes, what is the 
kpps one can expect for PA-GE to C7200-I/O-GE connectivity?  IOS train is 
12.4(12) but can be upgraded if we know there is better performance at a 
later version.

Thanks,
Hank