Re: [c-nsp] Cisco Switch Packet Buffering Matrix?

2013-05-03 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 03/05/2013 12:27, Andrew Miehs wrote: > Do the WS-X6748s also have these issues? I wouldn't even bother trying with > the smaller cards the WS-X6748 / WS-X6724 (both TX and SFP models) have 1.3M buffers per port, statically divided up as 0.3M for ingress and 1M for egress. This is insuffic

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco Switch Packet Buffering Matrix?

2013-05-03 Thread Andrew Miehs
On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Nick Hilliard wrote: > On 02/05/2013 13:21, Andrew Miehs wrote: > > For iSCSI I would be looking at 45xx, 49xx, 65xx or Nexus 5k or 7k. > > 6500 lan cards also have quite poor buffers. Better to use a system with > larger shared buffers rather than smaller dedica

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco Switch Packet Buffering Matrix?

2013-05-02 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 02/05/2013 13:21, Andrew Miehs wrote: > For iSCSI I would be looking at 45xx, 49xx, 65xx or Nexus 5k or 7k. 6500 lan cards also have quite poor buffers. Better to use a system with larger shared buffers rather than smaller dedicated buffers, if it's store-n-forward. Cut-thru switches behave s

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco Switch Packet Buffering Matrix?

2013-05-02 Thread Blake Dunlap
+1 All of those access class switches have terrible buffers, you don't want to run SAN traffic on them. -Blake On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Andrew Miehs wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Skeeve Stevens >wrote: > > > I am doing some iSCSI implementations are the moment and are lo

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco Switch Packet Buffering Matrix?

2013-05-02 Thread Andrew Miehs
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Skeeve Stevens wrote: > I am doing some iSCSI implementations are the moment and are looking at > which switch models are best for different iSCSI rollouts we’re doing. > > ** ** > > I am wanting to know which 29xx and 35xx/37xx series switches have the > followi

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco Switch Packet Buffering Matrix?

2013-05-02 Thread arulgobinath emmanuel
May be this is helpful : http://people.ucsc.edu/~warner/buffer.html "Information here is by *rumor, innuendo and extrapolation*. Manufacturers rarely put info on packet buffers in their data sheets." On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Skeeve Stevens wrote: > Hey all, > > ** ** > > I am doing

[c-nsp] Cisco Switch Packet Buffering Matrix?

2013-05-01 Thread Skeeve Stevens
Hey all, I am doing some iSCSI implementations are the moment and are looking at which switch models are best for different iSCSI rollouts we're doing. I am wanting to know which 29xx and 35xx/37xx series switches have the following: - Size of packet buffering per model - I

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco Switch Packet Buffering Matrix?

2010-06-03 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 07:11:29AM -0500, Jeff Bacon wrote: > It's all ok, even with bursty traffic (sorta), as long as your inputs > match your outputs, e.g. there's nothing to buffer. It's when that's not > the case that everything goes to hell. Well, if there's nothing to buffer, then the

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco Switch Packet Buffering Matrix?

2010-06-03 Thread Jeff Bacon
> > The 2960/3560 make no mention of packet buffer arrangement or depth. > > > > But I'm somewhat surprised that the 2950 has as much as 4x the depth of > > the 3550 in terms of packet buffering(!). > > Don't be. The newer switches have even less... > > *2960G - only 384 kB per ASIC - i.e. 8 GE (

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco Switch Packet Buffering Matrix?

2010-06-02 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 05:14:14PM +0200, Marian ?urkovi? wrote: > Don't be. The newer switches have even less... > > *2960G - only 384 kB per ASIC - i.e. 8 GE (!) ports. Oh yes. The wonders of capitalism. (This is the first time I see actual numbers for the 2960G, and this certainly expla

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco Switch Packet Buffering Matrix?

2010-06-02 Thread Marian Ďurkovič
On Wed, Jun 02, 2010 at 10:53:08AM -0400, Jeff Kell wrote: > *2950SX-48 *13.6Gbps backplane, 10.1Mpps forwarding, 16Mb DRAM, "8 MB > packet buffer memory architecture shared by all ports" > > *3550-48 *13.6Gbps backplane, 10.1Mpps forwarding, 64Mb DRAM, "4 MB > memory architecture shared by all po

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco Switch Packet Buffering Matrix?

2010-06-02 Thread Jeff Kell
To dredge up an old thread one more time as I am still looking for answers... 2950 data sheets state (in summary, the details are scattered throughout the document) *2950SX-48 *13.6Gbps backplane, 10.1Mpps forwarding, 16Mb DRAM, "8 MB packet buffer memory architecture shared by all ports" 35

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco Switch Packet Buffering Matrix?

2010-05-25 Thread Skeeve Stevens
ho's there? > -Original Message- > From: cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp- > boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Seth Mattinen > Sent: Tuesday, 25 May 2010 2:15 PM > To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Cisco Switch Packet Buffering Matrix

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco Switch Packet Buffering Matrix?

2010-05-24 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 5/24/10 3:16 PM, Skeeve Stevens wrote: > If it requires an NDA or me having to talk to Cisco to find out this basic > information, then I will drop Cisco off the list for consideration as you > rightly point out, the others all provide this detail upfront. > > How does Cisco expect us to sell

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco Switch Packet Buffering Matrix?

2010-05-24 Thread Skeeve Stevens
--Original Message- > From: "Arie Vayner (avayner)" > Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 16:47:38 > To: Skeeve Stevens; > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Cisco Switch Packet Buffering Matrix? > > Skeeve, > > If you want to get this info in the "right" way, then the best appr

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco Switch Packet Buffering Matrix?

2010-05-24 Thread tkapela
. These features usually will indicate what their "maxiums" are on the platforms in question, while you're configuring them. -Tk -Original Message- From: "Arie Vayner (avayner)" Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 16:47:38 To: Skeeve Stevens; Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Cisco Switc

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco Switch Packet Buffering Matrix?

2010-05-24 Thread Arie Vayner (avayner)
erformance, which is important for storage-related applications. Arie -Original Message- From: cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Skeeve Stevens Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 16:04 To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: [c-nsp] Cisco Swi

[c-nsp] Cisco Switch Packet Buffering Matrix?

2010-05-24 Thread Skeeve Stevens
I don't think this email got through the other day... I didn't see it appear. ...Skeeve From: Skeeve Stevens Sent: Tuesday, 11 May 2010 10:27 PM To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Cisco Switch Packet Buffering Matrix? Hey all, I am doing some iSCSI implementations are the moment and are lo