[c-nsp] VS-S720-10G (6509 VSS Engine) 10G Port Issue

[Aled Morris]

On 12 June 2012 15:28, Xu Hu <jstuxuhu0816 at gmail.com> wrote:

> So now we are wondering if we use the 10G port for normal Layer2 or Layer3
> traffic, will it impact our engine performance or CPU utilization? Is there
> any detail document talking about this?
>
> If ok, then by default, each engine will have two X2 port, so totally we
> will have four 10G port to use as normal data transmission?
>
> Will appreciate for any reply, please share with me with your experience
> about this case.
>


If it is any help, at my day job we have dozens of these cards in this
standalone configuration - in fact we don't use VSS at all.  We double-up
cards within the chassis (for resilience) and use all four 10G ports too,
works great.

Aled