[c-nsp] ISR G2 "multicore"?

sthaug at nethelp.no sthaug at nethelp.no
Fri Oct 30 10:46:35 EDT 2009


> > one of the luxuries we have with NX-OS is since we have
> > complete separation of control-plane and data-plane there
> > really isn't anything that drops you into software
> > forwarding.
> > that in itself is a major benefit - but it does come with
> > the cost that the platform is only capable of
> > implementing features that the underlying hardware (ASIC)
> > forwarding path supports.
> 
> Some might not see that as necessarily a bad thing, provided 
> the ASIC is robust enough to handle all of the user's 
> required features in the hardware path (being the only path) 
> :-).

This is one of the things we like about vendor J - packets are either
forwarded in software or not at all. There is no fallback to software
forwarding. Makes for great predictability.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no


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