[c-nsp] New Catalyst 6k chassis

John Kougoulos koug at intracom.gr
Fri Jun 28 06:24:13 EDT 2013


hmmm

"The Cisco 4451-X data plane uses an emulated Quantum Flow Processor (QFP) 
that delivers application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)-like 
performance that does not degrade as services are added."

--koug

On Fri, 28 Jun 2013, Antoine Monnier wrote:

> but does that new 4400 have hardware-based forwarding like the ASR1K or
> software-based/generic-CPU forwarding like the ISR G2 ? if it is the
> latter, like for the G2 I would expect the actual performance to vary
> greatly depending on features used, packet size, etc. So I am hoping it's
> the former...
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 7:52 PM, quinn snyder <snyderq at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> actual performance on the 4451 (this is the only isr4400 model) -- will be
>> up to 2gbps with the license upgrade.
>> according to the bu -- this is with services enabled.
>>
>> q.
>>
>> -= sent via iphone. please excuse spelling, grammar, and brevity =-
>>
>> On Jun 27, 2013, at 9:16, Scott Voll <svoll.voip at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> As for the 4xxx I had this conversation before cisco live.... It fits
>>> between the isrg2 and the asr.... Do to bandwidth requirements and added
>>> features it fits well in the 500mb to gig with services..
>>>
>>>
>>> Ymmv
>>>
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, June 26, 2013, Dobbins, Roland wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 27, 2013, at 10:10 AM, Justin M. Streiner wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It just seems like the new 6k is positioned to poach prospective
>>>> customers from the (arguably) higher-margin Nexus 7k product line.
>>>>
>>>> Not 'just seems' - 'is'.  Just as the new fixed-config one is positioned
>>>> to poach prospective customers from the 4xxx-series.
>>>>
>>>> ;>
>>>>
>>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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>>>> http://www.arbornetworks.com>
>>>>
>>>>          Luck is the residue of opportunity and design.
>>>>
>>>>                       -- John Milton
>>>>
>>>>
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