[c-nsp] Nexus 7000

[mack]

The 60mpps (30mpps) forwarding rate per slot is pretty anemic considering a 6704-10GE w/ DFC will do 48mpps per slot.
This is obviously for heavy duty back end applications and not satisfactory for front end delivery to the internet.
The 6500/7600 is still the obvious sweet spot for data centers specializing in content delivery to the internet.

The CRS-1 is really cool but cost way too much.
The 8 slot system even has a lower total bandwidth capability than the 7609.
It doesn't shine until you go to the 16 slot system.

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LR Mack McBride
Network Administrator
Alpha Red, Inc.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Stevenson [mailto:tstevens at cisco.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 1:51 AM
> To: Tom Storey; Pete Templin
> Cc: mack; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Nexus 7000
>
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>
> 60Mpps IPv4 unicast per slot, 30Mpps IPv6 unicast per slot. Routing
> protocol highlights: OSPFv2/3, ISIS, BGP, EIGRP (v4).
>
> Also doing v4 & v6 multicast, SM, SSM, bidir, with abundant multicast
> replication bandwidth.
>
> Tim
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>
> >Hopefully more docos are on the way which will detail all of this.
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