[c-nsp] SIP 601 trhoughput

[Mikael Abrahamsson]

On Mon, 5 Nov 2012, john travolta wrote:

> As it is stated that the SIP601 throughput with GSR 12406 back plane is 
> 10 Gbps, and if we install 2*SPA-1X10GE-L-V2 on one SIP, they are going 
> to work on half-rate speed to the back plane. If the traffic flow is 
> between the two SPA-1X10GE-L-V2, in and out, technically the SIP will 
> handle the packet forwarding, what will be throughput in this case, am I 
> going to have 5 Gbps throughput or 10 Gbps.

As far as I know, there is no local switching on a SIP-601, so you'll be 
able to get approximately 11-12 gigabit/s total throughput best case 
(aggregate).

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se