[c-nsp] 7201 FPGA

[Daniel]

Almost everything ends up in the CPU.. except for some cards, such as
VSA and the PA-MC-T3-EC, where some functionality is offload to the
FPGA in those cards... check the doc on those cards for specifics...

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Nikolay Shopik <shopik at inblock.ru> wrote:
> On 01/06/11 09:46, Sam Silvester wrote:
>>
>> 7201 is a software platform - no forwarding is ASIC-based (it doesn't
>> have ASICs!). Everything ends up in the CPU.
>
>
> Yeah I mean FPGA not ASIC. What is actual job of FPGA which is having
> separate upgrades.
>
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/routers/7200/configuration/feature_guides/fpd.html
>
> This document isn't clear enough about its purpose, only what it has
> something to do with port adapters.
>
> Thanks
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