[c-nsp] C2960G and output drops

[Higham, Josh]

> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Gert Doering
> 
> one of our switches is misbehaving, and I'm wondering whether 
> this is a
> configuration thing, or a hardware limitation.
> 
> GigabitEthernet0/10 is up, line protocol is up (connected) 
>   5 minute input rate 19432000 bits/sec, 32108 packets/sec
>   5 minute output rate 380792000 bits/sec, 46406 packets/sec
> 
> As you see, the ports are far from saturated, and even the 
> load from all
> "ingress" ports (380 Mbit + 27 Mbit + 26 Mbit) is far from 
> the capacity
> of the "egress" port (G0/10).

As an aside, you can get more accurate numbers by configuring
'load-interval 30' on each interface.  In the last discussion on this
list I believe there wasn't an significant CPU impact.

ciao
Josh