Re: How does one decipher switch back plane numers....

2001-02-11 Thread Santosh Koshy
Hello people I think I found my answer... I had a hard time.. PhewPlease correct me If I'm wrong... I thought I'd share it with those that would like to know. switches being advertised saying (10gb backplane, 1Gb backplane, e.t.c.) Q) What does this number actually mean? A) This is a

RE: How does one decipher switch back plane numers....

2001-02-11 Thread Fears Michael S SSgt 18 CS/SCBT
Message- From: Santosh Koshy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 11:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How does one decipher switch back plane numers Hello people I think I found my answer... I had a hard time.. PhewPlease correct me If I'm wrong

RE: How does one decipher switch back plane numers....

2001-02-12 Thread anthony kim
Hi, --- Fears Michael S SSgt 18 CS/SCBT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Q) How do they come up with this figure? > > Really what this is in reference to is the switching fabric. Many > times you > hear it reffered to as backplane capacity. The switching fabric is > the > shared highway that all bit

Re: How does one decipher switch back plane numers....

2001-02-12 Thread Larry Lamb
Actually, it would be 256bits/cycle at a rate of 62,500,000 cycles/sec. "anthony kim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi, > > Can you explain this to me in greater detail? > 256 bits * 62.5 MHz = 16,000(bits*MHz) > > 16,000(bits*MHz) * 1,000,000

Re: How does one decipher switch back plane numers....

2001-02-12 Thread anthony kim
Now that makes sense. Thank you. --- Larry Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, it would be 256bits/cycle at a rate of 62,500,000 > cycles/sec. > > "anthony kim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Hi, > > > > Can you explain this to me