[j-nsp] [m10i] PIC-FPC throughput

[Jared Mauch]

On Aug 29, 2011, at 6:00 PM, Nick Kritsky wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
>> From the Juniper documentation I know that there is a throughput limitation
> of 3.2 Gbps per FPC on m10i routers. Does it mean that there is 800Mbps
> limitation on each PIC inserted in PIC slot on given FPC? Or is it an
> aggregate limitation. To give you the real life example - should I be
> worried if total usage on 4 interfaces of ge-0/0/* wants to go over 1G, if
> the total usage of ge-0/*/* is still below 2G. If that matters, the PIC in
> question is IQ2.

These limits are per-FPC.  The PIC is just the PHY to the fabric.

- jared