throughput of an ACE context

[axfalk]

We're running an ACE SM with the 8GB throughput license. We also have 4 contexts on that ACE. Would the max througput per context be 8GB/4 = 2 GB or the 8GB would be drawn by different contexts depending on their requirements?

Thanks  Greg...

[Surya ARBY]

it depends on the way you configured your ressource-class in the Admin context.

Use the "show ressource allocation" and "show ressource usage" commands in the Admin context for more details.

[axfalk]

Thanks for your response. We're using the following resource statement: resource-class RC1
  limit-resource all minimum 0.20 maximum unlimited.

Would this allow a given context to use the entire bandwidth of the ACE, if required?

Thanks again

[Surya ARBY]

yes, by taking in account that bandwidth is reserved for other context if needed (0.20)

[axfalk]

Thanks - that would make sense. Below is the sh resources usage taken on one of the contexts. We have 8Gbps license and 7 active contexts (including the Admin context). So, I would have expected to see the max bandwidth as 8G as opposed to 1G if that was indeed the max theoretical bandwidth...Any idea on this?   Thnx again...

Resource                 Current       Peak            Min             Max    

bandwidth                149720    210620645    1997500   1100527532          0
    throughput             144644   210602113    1997500    976777532          0
    mgmt-traffic rate        5076      18532          0             123750000          0

[david.stout]

The show resource output is in Bytes so 1GByte in the output = 8Gbits as per the license

Btw as a point to note ..... Unlimited maximum resource = Max ACE Resource - Total allocated minimum resource.

So if you allocate a minimum resource of 1Gbps to a context then the maximum unlimited resource available to any other context would be 7Gbps. Minimums are if fact better thought of as partitions and not available to any other contexts anymore and thus removed from the pool of available resource.

Regards,

Dave