[c-nsp] Cisco ME-6524 platform architecture
Dear all, I stumbled across this excellent forum yesterday whilst trying to gain some information on the platform architecture of the Cisco ME-6524. I have been extensively testing this device for a couple of months now, using a mixture of local switching, multiplex-uni and EoMPLS with MPLS-TE FRR. So far, it has performed remarkably well, especially considering its price point as an entry level device to the Cisco 6500 family. I do however have a question regarding the platform architecture of the box. As I'm sure you all know, the architecture of the modular 6500 series is very well documented by Cisco, including details of the modules (PFC, MSFC etc..),types of ASIC (Pinnacle, Medusa, Earl, Tycho and Superman etc..) and how they interoperate at a high level. The part I'm struggling with is how this relates to the fixed configuration of the ME-6524. I appreciate that its based upon the SUP-720, and utilises MSFC2A with PFC3C, but I when I issue a show asic-version slot 1, I don't see any ASIC names that I recognise: nsn1#sho asic-version slot 1 Module in slot 1 has 5 type(s) of ASICs ASIC Name Count Version KUMA 1 (2.0) HYPERION 1 (6.0) R2D2 1 (2.0) DHANUSH 2 (2.0) VISHAKHA 8 (1.0) Can anyone help with some more detailed information relating to the platform configuration of this device? Many thanks in advance James Humphris IP Engineering, Nexagent Ltd. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
Re: [c-nsp] Cisco ME-6524 platform architecture
The part I'm struggling with is how this relates to the fixed configuration of the ME-6524. I appreciate that its based upon the SUP-720, and utilises MSFC2A with PFC3C, but I when I issue a show Actually it's closer to SUP-32, as the ME-6524 is a classic-bus only device. KUMA 1 (2.0) HYPERION 1 (6.0) R2D2 1 (2.0) DHANUSH 2 (2.0) VISHAKHA 8 (1.0) My guess is the Vishakha ASICs are the ones connected to the customer ports; it's documented that there 8 ASICs for the customer ports, each 1 serving groups of 3 ports. Rubens ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
Re: [c-nsp] Cisco ME-6524 platform architecture
Hi James, I am the Product Manager for the ME-6524 platform. I am very interested to hear about your deployment scenario and can help answer your questions. The ME-6524 has a similar architecture to Sup32 with the one key difference that it supports PFC3C rather than the PFC3B on the Sup32. Sup32 architecture documents can be leveraged to understand the ME-6524. Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any more questions. Sachin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Humphris Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 3:11 AM To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: [c-nsp] Cisco ME-6524 platform architecture Dear all, I stumbled across this excellent forum yesterday whilst trying to gain some information on the platform architecture of the Cisco ME-6524. I have been extensively testing this device for a couple of months now, using a mixture of local switching, multiplex-uni and EoMPLS with MPLS-TE FRR. So far, it has performed remarkably well, especially considering its price point as an entry level device to the Cisco 6500 family. I do however have a question regarding the platform architecture of the box. As I'm sure you all know, the architecture of the modular 6500 series is very well documented by Cisco, including details of the modules (PFC, MSFC etc..),types of ASIC (Pinnacle, Medusa, Earl, Tycho and Superman etc..) and how they interoperate at a high level. The part I'm struggling with is how this relates to the fixed configuration of the ME-6524. I appreciate that its based upon the SUP-720, and utilises MSFC2A with PFC3C, but I when I issue a show asic-version slot 1, I don't see any ASIC names that I recognise: nsn1#sho asic-version slot 1 Module in slot 1 has 5 type(s) of ASICs ASIC Name Count Version KUMA 1 (2.0) HYPERION 1 (6.0) R2D2 1 (2.0) DHANUSH 2 (2.0) VISHAKHA 8 (1.0) Can anyone help with some more detailed information relating to the platform configuration of this device? Many thanks in advance James Humphris IP Engineering, Nexagent Ltd. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
