> According to the hardware manuals, a z9 can support up to 24 OSA cards; > with each card having 2 ports, for a total of 48 ports. Each port is > rated at 1 Gbps (I think that's correct), so I believe the aggregate > total bandwidth should be something on the order of 48 * 1 Gbps or a > total of 48 Gbps (or 12 GB/sec).
Use the 10Gb cards if you're gonna do trunking in a big way. Better performance per slot cost, even if the cards and router infrastructure are more expensive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
