[c-nsp] Nexus 7000

[Tim Stevenson]

At 02:38 AM 1/29/2008 -0600, mack observed:
>The 60mpps (30mpps) forwarding rate per slot is pretty anemic 
>considering a 6704-10GE w/ DFC will do 48mpps per slot.

True. But, after the pps is removed as the bottleneck, this system 
will do 8 10G ports at line rate per slot vs ~4.

Tim

>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.
>
>--
>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
> >
>[snip]
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> > >Hopefully more docos are on the way which will detail all of this.
> > >
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> > Tim Stevenson, tstevens at cisco.com
> > Routing & Switching CCIE #5561
> > Technical Marketing Engineer, Data Center BU
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Tim Stevenson, tstevens at cisco.com
Routing & Switching CCIE #5561
Technical Marketing Engineer, Data Center BU
Cisco Systems, http://www.cisco.com
IP Phone: 408-526-6759
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