[c-nsp] Real life performance of NPE G1/G2?

[Vladislav Vasilev]

7201

border#show interfaces | include 30 second
  30 second input rate 303701000 bits/sec, 65423 packets/sec
  30 second output rate 415334000 bits/sec, 91183 packets/sec
  30 second input rate 344349000 bits/sec, 71995 packets/sec
  30 second output rate 238380000 bits/sec, 51661 packets/sec
  30 second input rate 501918000 bits/sec, 77523 packets/sec
  30 second output rate 92752000 bits/sec, 31161 packets/sec
  30 second input rate 165472000 bits/sec, 48661 packets/sec
  30 second output rate 567567000 bits/sec, 89560 packets/sec

CPU utilization for five seconds: 81%/80%; one minute: 83%; five minutes: 84%
 PID Runtime(ms)     Invoked      uSecs   5Sec   1Min   5Min TTY Process
 PID Runtime(ms)     Invoked      uSecs   5Sec   1Min   5Min TTY Process
  88   162179888   152815159       1061  0.63%  0.61%  0.60%   0 IP Input
 137     6512208  1380234707          4  0.23%  0.17%  0.21%   0 HQF
Shaper Backg
 138     5323396  1380243783          3  0.23%  0.22%  0.17%   0 HQF
Input Shaper
 236        2080         966       2153  0.07%  0.14%  0.09%   6 SSH Process
  87     1741016   176300421          9  0.07%  0.03%  0.02%   0 IP
ARP Retry Age
 219     4868820     6262998        777  0.07%  0.05%  0.06%   0 Per-Second Jobs
  52      175064     6104656         28  0.07%  0.00%  0.00%   0 TTY Background
  49     3958532     1485559       2664  0.07%  0.02%  0.00%   0 Net Background
 129     1926044    40172190         47  0.07%  0.04%  0.03%   0 TCP Timer
  30    25137836    16986545       1479  0.07%  0.07%  0.07%   0 ARP Input
 237    24649044    13797430       1786  0.07%  0.04%  0.04%   0 BGP Router

I've seen it going up to 90%. We are waiting for a nex box that is
going to replace it.

BGP only, pure routing!

Regards,
V.Vasilev

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Hank Nussbacher <hank at efes.iucc.ac.il> wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Jun 2010, Bill Blackford wrote:
>
> NPE-G1:
>  30 second input rate 291676000 bits/sec, 43663 packets/sec
>  30 second output rate 188345000 bits/sec, 40398 packets/sec
>  30 second input rate 198417000 bits/sec, 41787 packets/sec
>  30 second output rate 294039000 bits/sec, 45029 packets/sec
>  30 second input rate 1564000 bits/sec, 855 packets/sec
>  30 second output rate 7768000 bits/sec, 985 packets/sec
>  30 second input rate 1470000 bits/sec, 634 packets/sec
>  30 second output rate 3325000 bits/sec, 530 packets/sec
>
> CPU utilization for five seconds: 31%/29%; one minute: 31%; five minutes:
> 31%
>  PID Runtime(ms)   Invoked      uSecs   5Sec   1Min   5Min TTY Process
>  41   548194428  59902908       9151  0.81%  0.76%  0.74%   0 Per-Second
> Jobs
>   5    44515044   6141023       7248  0.24%  0.06%  0.06%   0 Check heaps
>  191         208     23894          8  0.16%  0.10%  0.03%   2 Virtual Exec
>  67   125600100 772213214        162  0.16%  0.16%  0.16%   0 IP Input
>  139     1029072  30023654         34  0.08%  0.00%  0.00%   0 OSPF-xxx
> Hello
>  193      4652841869193835          0  0.08%  0.08%  0.08%   0 PPP manager
>  37    54071088  27154314       1991  0.08%  0.08%  0.08%   0 Net Background
>
> No BGP, Yes OSPF, Yes ACLs, Yes CEF, Yes PIM,
>
> Let me know what else you want.
>
> -Hank
>
>
>> My experience was a bit different. I could have probably pushed 500Mbps
>> with large packets, but my traffic is composed of a lot of small packets and
>> micro-bursts. So in my case, I don't quantify it's performance in terms of
>> bandwidth, but rather in terms of the volume of packets. I would see it die
>> at or above 50k PPS forwarding through two interfaces. I now use line-rate
>> devices (ASR1002's) in this role and the 7200/7300 series are on the test
>> rack.
>>
>> -b
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
>> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Mark Tinka
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 6:18 AM
>> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
>> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Real life performance of NPE G1/G2?
>>
>> On Tuesday 01 June 2010 08:53:30 pm Garry wrote:
>>
>>> I was wondering, what real life performance can one  expect from an
>>> NPE G1, considering mostly vanilla IP  routing/forwarding? (no ACLs,
>>> no VPNs, running CEF and  MPLS VRFs, OSPF/iBGP for routing protocol,
>>> and utilizing  the integrated Gbit interfaces as well as 1-2 STM1 PAs
>>> on the 7200 VXR chassis)
>>
>> I've seen an NPE-G1 configured with just IP addresses and 2 BGP peers (2
>> prefixes in each, none out), no ACL's, no VPN's, no QoS - basically, real
>> vanilla.
>>
>> It was forwarding ~920Mbps in total (I know, weird, huh) broken down as 3x
>> interfaces each doing a little over 300Mbps.
>>
>> As a real serving edge node, I haven't been able to get more than 500Mbps
>> total out of it.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Mark.
>>
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