Thanks for the responses! -J Scott
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Per Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. > > > What is the difference between the three CRS L3+ forwarding engines? The > > datasheets look like straight copy-paste besides the weight and > > power-ratings. > > That's true for MSC and MSC-B. They are virtually the same, but the > B-version draws less power (and requires a newer XR-version). > > > The only downside to FP40 that I have found so far relates > > to the inability to use SIP-800 (and as a results, older SPAs). > > The FP40 is a completely different breed, and as you have found out, > supports different PLIMS than MSC/MSC-B. These linecards where > originally designed for the ASR14k (a CRS1-light device), but it were > pulled from the market before getting released (more or less). The > downsides of FP40, compared to MSC/MSC-B, are less hardware queues and > not being able to do 40G at minimal packet sizes. > > You can use older SPA's in any of the "Flexible Interface Modules" > ( > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps5763/data_sheet_c78-553671.html > and > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps5763/data_sheet_c78-549654.html > ). > > -- > Pelle > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
