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Re: Cisco GSR, Gig Ethernet config?

  • From: john heasley
  • Date: Fri Feb 12 14:28:16 1999

On Fri, Feb 12, 1999 at 09:37:07AM -0800, I Am Not An Isp wrote:
> At 06:07 PM 2/11/99 -0800, john heasley wrote:
> 
> >> Could we expect to
> >> support a second gig ethernet interface?  So many questions!
> >
> >not at full bw; i believe this exceeds backplane bw.
> 
> Perhaps you are thinking of the 75xx?  I believe the GSR has a 40 Gbps
> backplane with something like 5 Gbps per slot.  More than enough to support
> a gig-E card at full line rate in each of the slots on the 12008.  Of
> course, whether the CPU, etc. can actually push that much - well, I dunno.
> Anyone tried it?

my mistake.  it is the TTM GE that can not handle full b/w.

> >> John Haskins
> 
> TTFN,
> patrick 
> 
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