[c-nsp] NPE-G1 PPS limitations

[Hank Nussbacher]

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008, Arie Vayner (avayner) wrote:

The current NPE-G1 peaks at 20-25% CPU load so it can take more.

Thanks,
Hank

> 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
>