[c-nsp] Exactly how bad is the 6704-10GE?

[Sidney Boumendil]

Hi,

2014-10-09 2:16 GMT+02:00 Simon Lockhart <simon at slimey.org>:

>
> If we take, for example, a 6504 on our network. It has a Sup2T in slot 1,
> 6704-10GE(CFC) in slot 2, 6724-SFP(CFC) in slot 3, and 6904-40G(DFC4) in
> slot 4.
>
> I've got a 4*10G portchannel towards our core consisting of Te2/1, Te4/5,
> Te4/6 & Te4/8
>

When using 6704 and port-channel, always consider using pairs of contiguous
ports so that the same JANUS ASIC in at use (port 1 and 2 on same ASIC and
3 and 4 on the second one). You should get far better performance.

Sidney