[c-nsp] NPE-G1 PPS limitations

[Arie Vayner (avayner)]

Hank,

You should also take into consideration the type of the NPE and its current load, as it may become a bottle neck.

Arie

-----Original Message-----
From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Hank Nussbacher
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 17:03 PM
To: Łukasz Bromirski
Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] NPE-G1 PPS limitations

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