[c-nsp] Router 7200 + GE-PE module

[Justin M. Streiner]

On Mon, 30 Jan 2012, bha Qaqish wrote:

> But is there any limitation hardware between 7200 and PA-GE
> We are trying to redirect 600Mbps traffic to PA-ge
> BUT THERE IS A LIMITATION 200Mbps plus we faced a disconnected in the ping .

You're unlikely to see 600 Mb/s through a PA-GE, as other posters have 
mentioned.  600 Mb/s would completely saturate whichever PCI bus in which
the PA-GE is installed.

It's important to remember that the 7200 series was never built to do 
near-wire-speed forwarding on all of its ports.  It's possible to get 
closer, if you use the built-in gig-e ports on an NPE-G2, but you're out 
of luck with a PA-GE.  The 7200 series, if you count the original non-VXR 
chassis, has been around for roughly 15 years, and the VXRs have been 
around almost as long.

They were built more to be very versatile.  Given that it's a 
software-forwarding platform and the wide variety of interfaces and 
modules that are available for it, it's succeeded very well in that role.

If wire-speed forwarding of traffic is important to you, you will be 
better served in the long run to look at a newer router platform.

jms