[j-nsp] Multicast PIM RP state

[Chris Evans]

Stacy,

Another question about the tunnel interfaces if I may.. To finish my thought
about the interfaces, when I look at the 'monitor interface traffic' I only
see the receiving side showing traffic on MT tunnel interface. Does this
mean exactly what I believe it means, which is only the receiver side tunnel
PIC resources will be utilized?

Thanks again

Chris

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:16 AM, Smith W. Stacy <stacy at acm.org> wrote:

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> On Aug 25, 2010, at 8:43 PM, Chris Evans wrote:
> > I'm testing a mVPN. It uses the multicast tunnel (mt) interfaces for the
> traffic. When I do a 'monitor interface traffic' I only see packets on the
> receiving end of the tunnel hitting the MT interface.
>
> You might end up having to sum the traffic statistics for all of the
> logical interfaces (mt, pd, pe, ls, lt, gr, etc.) that are provided by the
> specific Tunnel or Services PIC.
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> > My question is, I assume there is a performance limitation associated
> with the MT interface. When I do a 'show interface' it states that this
> interface is 800Mbps capable, so I assume this is the max aggregate traffic
> that this PIC can service?
>
> The throughput capabilities will depend on the type and model of Tunnel or
> Services PIC that is providing the mt interface. I'm not sure the 800 Mbps
> output you see in 'show interface'  is an accurate reflection of the
> performance capability of the Tunnel or Services PIC. Tunnel PICs are
> generally limited by the aggregate FPC throughput of the FPC in which they
> are installed rather than having a PIC-specific throughput limitation.
>
> --Stacy
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