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Calculate? Calculate for wirespeed/line-rate? If the latter, take all the port bandwidths, and assuming they are duplex, double for necessary fabric bandwidth. I.e. 48 gig ports would need a 96 Gbps fabric. Take all your port bandwidths, and allow 1.448 Mpps per gig (for minimum size Ethernet packets), i.e. 48 gig ports would need 69.5 Mpps. Once you have required fabric bandwidth and PPS, you can compare to vendor's specs.
