[c-nsp] SIP-400 and 10GbE SPA

[MKS]

OK let me put it this way

Does someone know what to expect from this card  @ 1500byte packets or
some "standard" IMIX.
Does it matter if the interface is doing mpls or just IP?

Thanks

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Paolo Lucente <pl+list at pmacct.net> wrote:
> Hi MKS,
>
> the performance you get really depends on the average size
> of the traffic mix you push through the card. The vendor is
> providing you with the 64-bytes packets scenario, then the
> scaling exercise to see whether it fits your scenario it's
> up to you. Also translated you should certainly not expect
> a SIP-400 to scale 10GE line-rate with an average traffic
> size of 64 bytes.
>
> If this is acceptable to your setup, then you just need to
> find the average traffic size for the specific scenario with
> some basic traffic analysis (NetFlow ?), see whether you fit,
> take some margin (for all sort of inconveniences), etc.
>
> Otherwise you might want to look at some different hardware
> solution (SIP-600 ?).
>
> Cheers,
> Paolo
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 01:22:18PM +0000, MKS wrote:
>> Hi There
>>
>> According to cisco SIP-400 can
>> "Ability to run 4 GE line rate for 64-byte packets, and OC-48 line
>> rate for 48-byte packets for POS, HDLC, etc. with select services"
>> https://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps368/product_data_sheet0900aecd8027c9e6.html
>>
>> Can someone please clarify what exactly this means.
>>
>> Also if I put a 10GbE SPA into a SIP-400 what is the expected
>> performance of that?
>>
>> Thanks
>> //MKS
>
>