[c-nsp] Sup2 (Not Sup2T) on a 6513 (NON-E)

[Nick Hilliard]

Tim Stevenson wrote:
> which is 8 x 1G
> connections to 8 x 8:1 oversubscribed port ASICs.

the easiest way to think of a 6148 is that it's like 8 individual 1G
ethernet hubs connected into a 1G switch.  Once you visualise it in
these terms, you can immediately see that performance is going to be awful.

The best thing to do with these boxes is retire them aggressively.  It's
generally cheaper to swap them out with 1U boxes than it is to pay the
power (and consequently cooling) bill, if you look at it over a lifetime
of several years.

Nick