Re: [c-nsp] cat6500/fwsm performance

2011-06-07 Thread David White, Jr. (dwhitejr)
n > *Cc:* Pete Templin; Peter Rathlev; cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net > *Subject:* Re: [c-nsp] cat6500/fwsm performance > > > > And here is a great doc TAC wrote up on single flow TCP performance > which should answer all your questions: > > https://supportforums.cisco.com

Re: [c-nsp] cat6500/fwsm performance

2011-06-06 Thread David Paul Zimmerman
Bacon Cc: "cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net" Subject: Re: [c-nsp] cat6500/fwsm performance On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 15:09 -0500, Jeff Bacon wrote: > I'm seeing round-trip latencies of approx 250us pushing data through the > FWSM, That latency sounds much like what we're seein

Re: [c-nsp] cat6500/fwsm performance

2011-06-03 Thread Tony Varriale
puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] cat6500/fwsm performance And here is a great doc TAC wrote up on single flow TCP performance which should answer all your questions: https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-12668 Sincerely, David. ___ cisco-n

Re: [c-nsp] cat6500/fwsm performance

2011-06-03 Thread Matlock, Kenneth L
m Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] cat6500/fwsm performance I am, however, left with one mystery. How can the Cisco docs on a FWSM claim a 30-usec latency when clearly it isn't capable of that, at least not in any configuration that I'm aware of? Granted that it's all

Re: [c-nsp] cat6500/fwsm performance

2011-06-03 Thread Jeff Bacon
n the main data sheet on the main product page for the card is a pretty ballsy lie even for Cisco. From: David White, Jr. (dwhitejr) [mailto:dwhit...@cisco.com] Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 12:04 AM To: Jeff Bacon Cc: Pete Templin; Peter Rathlev; cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-ns

Re: [c-nsp] cat6500/fwsm performance

2011-06-03 Thread Jeff Bacon
: Friday, June 03, 2011 12:04 AM To: Jeff Bacon Cc: Pete Templin; Peter Rathlev; cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] cat6500/fwsm performance And here is a great doc TAC wrote up on single flow TCP performance which should answer all you

Re: [c-nsp] cat6500/fwsm performance

2011-06-02 Thread David White, Jr. (dwhitejr)
And here is a great doc TAC wrote up on single flow TCP performance which should answer all your questions: https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-12668 Sincerely, David. Jeff Bacon wrote: >> I recall it being two 3Gbps etherchannels, so I'd always assumed no >> single flow could exceed 3Gbps

Re: [c-nsp] cat6500/fwsm performance

2011-06-02 Thread Jeff Bacon
> I recall it being two 3Gbps etherchannels, so I'd always assumed no > single flow could exceed 3Gbps. The PoXXX interfaces don't have > explicit gigabit members - any chance you know where to find some > documentation showing the single-gigabit/flow limit? from the 4.1 config doc, page 2-8:

Re: [c-nsp] cat6500/fwsm performance

2011-06-02 Thread Pete Templin
On 6/2/11 4:22 PM, Peter Rathlev wrote: Two things to keep in mind: 1) Any one flow cannot exceed 1 Gb/s, since the connection to the FWSM is a 6 port etherchannel. I recall it being two 3Gbps etherchannels, so I'd always assumed no single flow could exceed 3Gbps. The PoXXX interface

Re: [c-nsp] cat6500/fwsm performance

2011-06-02 Thread Tony Varriale
On 6/2/2011 3:09 PM, Jeff Bacon wrote: Hi folks - So, in an attempt to address some fun issues with NAT I'm having with my 6500s, I'm considering resorting to the use of an FWSM as a fancy specialized NAT device - call it a complicated hairpin, if you will (one VRF is on one side of the FWSM, on

Re: [c-nsp] cat6500/fwsm performance

2011-06-02 Thread Peter Rathlev
On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 15:09 -0500, Jeff Bacon wrote: > I'm seeing round-trip latencies of approx 250us pushing data through the > FWSM, That latency sounds much like what we're seeing, around 300 us. > and a relatively ridiculously high rate of packet loss. Two things to keep in mind: 1) Any

[c-nsp] cat6500/fwsm performance

2011-06-02 Thread Jeff Bacon
Hi folks - So, in an attempt to address some fun issues with NAT I'm having with my 6500s, I'm considering resorting to the use of an FWSM as a fancy specialized NAT device - call it a complicated hairpin, if you will (one VRF is on one side of the FWSM, one is on the other, the VRFs communicate