[c-nsp] 3750G vs. Nexus for a SAN

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 07:06:53PM +0000, Nick Hilliard wrote:
> Incidentally, if you're planning to use the N5K as a fancy 1G switch, note 
> that the system will change the switching mode from cut-through to 
> store-n-forward for GE ports; cut-through is only supported for 10G 
> transceivers.  This may matter for iSCSI.

Out of curiosity: how does it cut-through if it has to multiplex multiple
ports, as in: packets coming in on port A and B and leaving on C?  As 
soon as two packets overlap (time-wise) on A and B, you can't do 
cut-through...

gert
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