[c-nsp] Linecard performance w/ SUP32's

[Graham P. Wooden]

Thanks Gert and Tim for the reply.  Yeah, I was thinking that the Sup32 had a fabric connection (kinda like a SFM2). Oh well - maybe one of these days I will be able to slide into a Sup720.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Gert Doering" <gert at greenie.muc.de>
To: "Graham P. Wooden" <graham at g-rock.net>
Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Sent: Monday, August 9, 2010 12:21:22 PM
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Linecard performance w/ SUP32's

Hi,

On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 11:17:13AM -0500, Graham P. Wooden wrote:
> I am trying to decide if swapping a few x6348s to x6548 (fabric-enabled/CEF256 .. no DFC) will be a huge performance gain with SUP32s (IOS is SXI).

Well, the Sup32 has no fabric.  So you'll still be limited to the
classic bus - if the card is supported at all (it might be, as the 65xx
cards work in a Sup2 system w/o fabric as well).

So if there is any performance gain it's due to "larger buffers" etc...

gert
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