[c-nsp] 6500 dbus usage

[Jon Marshall]

Tim 
 
Thanks, that makes sense now :-) 
 
Jon
 

> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:27:12 -0700
> To: jms.123 at hotmail.co.uk; peter at rathlev.dk
> From: tstevens at cisco.com
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] 6500 dbus usage
> CC: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> 
> Hi Jon, please see inline below:
> 
> At 07:23 AM 9/20/2011, Jon Marshall contended:
> 
> >Thanks Peter
> >
> >If they do have dbus connectors then why are they not supported with a sup32.
> 
> 
> The connection to the dbus is a control path only on 67xx cards, 
> there is no data path there. 67xx cards always use the fabric for 
> data plane forwarding. It's just a question of whether the lookup 
> happens centrally via the dbus or locally via a DFC.
> 
> Sup32 does not have any fabric connection, so there would be no way 
> for traffic ingressing a 67xx card to reach the sup, or for sup 
> traffic to egress a 67xx front panel port.
> 
> 
> > I thought it was a physical connectivity issue but apparently not. 
> > So is it just a performance decision made by Cisco
> 
> 
> Don't worry, unlike most other things on this list seemingly, there's 
> not a conspiracy here. :P
> 
> 
> Hope that helps,
> Tim
> 
> 
> 
> >?
> >
> >Jon
> >
> >
> > > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] 6500 dbus usage
> > > From: peter at rathlev.dk
> > > To: jms.123 at hotmail.co.uk
> > > CC: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> > > Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:15:38 +0200
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 14:12 +0100, Jon Marshall wrote:
> > > > My confusion is when i read on here that when the 67xx modules are
> > > > running in CFC mode they send a portion of the packet (depending on
> > > > compact/truncated mode) across the 32Gbps bus to the supervisor for a
> > > > forwarding decision to be made. But if they don't have connectors to
> > > > the 32Gbps bus then how do they access it ?
> > >
> > > They do have DBus connectors. Even the WS-X6708-10G-3C, even though the
> > > diagram doesn't show it.
> > >
> > > 
> > <http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps708/prod_white_paper0900aecd80673385.html#wp9000639>http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps708/prod_white_paper0900aecd80673385.html#wp9000639
> > >
> > > > As a further question, assuming they do send lookups across the shared
> > > > bus then having classic linecards using the same bus could have a
> > > > direct impact on the performance of the 67xx modules ?
> > >
> > > AFAIK it will not impact the performance of traffic staying on
> > > fabric-enabled cards.
> > >
> > > (I'm not aware of any changes the Sup2T might introduce here.)
> > >
> > > --
> > > Peter
> > >
> > >
> >
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