[c-nsp] sup2t XL with non XL linecards

[Gert Doering]

HI,

On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 12:11:28PM -0800, . . wrote:
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/products_qanda_item09186a00809a7673.shtml
> 
> Thanks, that link helps a bit, but still a bit unclear on things. =) Assuming I
> don't need the performance and the 30 Mpps of sup2t is fine for a centralized
> forwarding system, and happy to have linecards send packets over the fabric for
> forwarding by the supervisor, do I need XL at all, or if full tables with ~400k
> routes are required, I must get the XL version of sup2t?

XL is not about forwarding performance, but about routing table.

CFC-or-DFC4 is about forwarding performance (and if you have an XL SUP-2T,
and want DFCs, you need a DFC4-XL).

gert
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