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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: CIsco 7206VXR w/NPE-G1 Question
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 03:29:41PM -0200, Rubens Kuhl Jr. wrote: > > > * The 7206VXR prior to the NPE-G1 could only do around 560Mbps > > > per bus typically, due to PCI limitations. > > > > Which usually was not a problem with i-mix traffic or ddos-traffic, > > because pps limitation would hit sooner. > > > > > * Compiled ACLs on 12.2S perform very well on NPE-G1s. > > > > I saw no mention of PXF on NPE-G1; it seemed the path 7200 > would take > > after NSE-1. What happened ? > PXF is found in the 7400 (old) and 7300 (newer) series. Not true. 7401 has a PXF. It's essentially an NSE-1 with GE/IO in a pizza box. 7301 is based on the NPE-G1 and doesn't have a PXF anywhere in sight. > The 7400 was extremely unstable until very recently (with > 12.2(14)S5 it is quite stable, as long as you have the > hardware with the fixed L3 cache or have the L3 cache > disabled), which is perhaps why PXF was not pushed so heavily > after that experience. > > I have not used a 7300. If you want to look at what features > they are pushing into PXF on them, look at the 12.2(20)S > release notes. After the pain of being an early adopter of > the 7400 I'm staying well away from the 7300 until I see > others using them without stability issues. > > 7400 is closely related to the NPE400 (actually NSE-1), 7300 > is closely related to the NPE-G1. > > David. >
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