03-30-2016 08:33 PM - edited 03-08-2019 05:09 AM
Hello Dears,
I would like know why does it show the following performance parameters at 64-bytes L3 packets to the two Catalyst switch families:
Cisco Catalyst 2960XR-24TD-I Cisco Catalyst 3650-24TD-S
Forwarding Rate: 95.2 Mpps Forwarding Rate: 68,45 Mpps
Both models have 24 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports and 2 x 10 GbE uplink ports.
The Catalyst 2960XR family has the IP Lite feature set that implements static routing and some features for dynamic routing (routed access). The Catalyst 3650 with the IP Base feature set also performs static routing, RIPv1/RIPv2 routing and others advanced IP unicast routing protocols for routed access.
What is the reason for these difference between the forwarding performance at 64-bytes L3 packets?
Thank you!
Allyson
03-31-2016 06:44 AM
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What is the reason for these difference between the forwarding performance at 64-bytes L3 packets?
They are very likely different architectures.
BTW, for 24g + 10g + 10g, wire speed, for 64 byte packets needs 44g * 1.488 Mpps = 65.472 Mpps. So, both switches have PPS rating higher than they need. Why? Hardware might have excess capacity that, in theory, wouldn't ever be used (but makes for nice numbers in the sales literature).
03-31-2016 07:32 AM
Hi Joseph,
Thank you for your help!
But can you explain me the values of this operation (44g * 1.488 Mpps)?
Thanks!
03-31-2016 09:17 AM
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Sure, wire speed Ethernet "needs" 1.488 Mpps per gig, so if we have 44 gig total (sum of all the interface bandwidths), we need 44g * 1.488 Mpps = 65.472 Mpps. If the device doesn't provide at least that, it wouldn't support wire speed for all the interfaces concurrently.
03-31-2016 02:12 PM
Thank you for providing this information!
Is the information about forwarding performance related to wire speed?
How can you reach "1.488 Mpps"? Anything associate with Ethernet packet lenght (1.518 bytes)?
Thanks!
03-31-2016 04:52 PM
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Is the information about forwarding performance related to wire speed?
Yes it is.
How can you reach "1.488 Mpps"?
By transmitting 64 byte packets at 1 Gbps.
Anything associate with Ethernet packet lenght (1.518 bytes)?
Yes, see table below for PPS rates for some different Ethernet packet sizes.
Packet Size (Bytes) | 64 | 128 | 256 | 512 | 1024 | 1518 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Theoretical Maximum Kpps |
03-31-2016 07:48 PM
Ok. Thank you very much!
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