Performance

Last Updated: July 25, 2005 Router Switching Performance in Packets Per Second (PPS) Numbers are given with 64 byte packet size, IP only, and are only an indication of raw switching performance. These are testing numbers, usually with FE to FE or POS to POS, no services enabled. As you add ACL's, encryption, compression, etc - performance will decline significantly from the given numbers, unlessit is a hardware-assisted platform, such as the 7600 or 12000, which process QoS, ACL's, and other features in hardware (or when a hardware assist is installed, for instance an AIM-VPN in a 3745 will offload the encryption from the CPU). Every situation is different - please simulate the true environment to get applicable performance values. Knowing the performance for a specific router platformis not a good indication of how well a specific feature will perform. If a feature is supported in the CEF path, for instance, and we know the feature-free CEF throughput in a specific configuration, then we only know the platform's "never-to-exceed" performance but we do not know the actual performance of any given feature, which will always be less. All numbers are for IP packets only - noIPX/AT/DEC, etc. - Mbps calculated by pps * 64bytes * 8bits/byte Platform 801-5 806 830 850 870 14xx 160x(-R) 1701 1710 1711/1712 1720 1721 1750 1751 1760 1801-1812 1841 2500 261X 262X 265X 261X(XM) 262X(XM) 265X(XM) 2691 2801 2811 2821 2851 3620 3640/3640A Process Switching PPS Mbps 1,000 7,000 8,500 10,000 25,000 4,000 4,000 12,000 7,000 13,500 8,500 12,000 8,500 12,000 16,000 70,000 75,000 4,40015,000 25,000 37,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 70,000 90,000 120,000 170,000 220,000 20,000 - 40,000 50,000 - 70,000 Fast/CEF Switching PPS EOS? No 30-Apr-04 No No No 31-Aug-00 28-Feb-03 No No No 1-Aug-03 No 31-May-02 No No No No 30-Apr-02 26-Apr-03 26-Apr-03 26-Apr-03 No No No No No No No No 31-Dec-03 31-Dec-03

600 600 1,700 1,300 1,700 1,400 1,700 1,400 1,500 1,700

0.3072 0.3072 0.8704 0.66560.8704 0.7168 0.8704 0.7168 0.768 0.8704

800 1,500 1,500 2,000 1,500 1,500 2,000 7,400

0.4096 0.768 0.768 1.024 0.768 0.768 1.024 3.7888

2,000 4,000

1.024 2.048

Mbps 0.51 3.58 4.35 5.12 12.80 2.05 2.05 6.14 3.58 6.91 4.35 6.14 4.35 6.14 8.19 35.84 38.40 2.25 7.68 12.80 18.94 10.24 15.36 20.48 35.84 46.08 61.44 87.04 112.64 10 - 20 25.6 - 36

Platform 3660 3631 3725 3745 MC3810MC3810-V3 3825 3845 IAD2400 4000 4500 4700 7120 7140 7200-NPE100 7200-NPE150 7200-NPE175 7200-NPE200 7200-NPE225 7200-NPE300 7200-NPE400 7200-NPE-G1 7200-NSE-1 7304-NSE-100 7304-NPE-G100 7301 7401 7000-RP 7500-RSP2 7500-RSP4/4+ 7500-RSP8 7500-RSP16 7500-VIP2/40 7500-VIP2/50 7500-VIP4/50 7500-VIP4/80 7500-VIP6/80

Process Switching PPS Mbps 12,000 6.144 4,000 2.048

2,000 3,000

1.024 1.536

3,0001,800 3,500 4,600 13,000 20,000 7,000 10,000 9,000 13,000 13,000 20,000 20,000 79,000 20,000

1.536 0.9216 1.792 2.3552 6.656 10.24 3.584 5.12 4.608 6.656 6.656 10.24 10.24 40.448 10.24

79,000 20,000

40.448 10.24

2,500 1.28 5,000 2.56 8,000 4.096 22,000 11.264 29,000 14.848 Punts to RSP Punts to RSP Punts to RSP Punts to RSP Punts to RSP

Fast/CEF Switching PPS Mbps 100-120,000 51.2- 61.4 50-70,000 25.6 - 36 100-120,000 51.2 - 61.4 225-250,000 115.2 - 128 8,000 4.10 15,000 7.68 350,000 179.20 500,000 256.00 15,000 7.68 14,000 7.17 45,000 23.04 75,000 38.40 175,000 89.60 300,000 153.60 100,000 51.20 150,000 76.80 177,848 91.06 200,000 102.40 233,170 119.38 353,000 180.74 420,000 215.04 1,018,000 521.22 300,000 153.6 (Also has PXF) 3,500,000 1,792 (Also has PXF) 1,099,000562.69 1,018,000 521.22 300,000 153.6 (Also has PXF) 30,000 15.36 220,000 112.64 345,000 176.64 470,000 240.64 530,000 271.36 60,000-95,000 30.7 - 48.6 90,000-140,000 46.1 - 71.7 90,000-140,000 46.1 - 71.7 140,000-210,000 71.7 - 107.5 140,000-219,000 71.7 - 112.1

EOS? 31-Dec-03 No No No 14-Dec-01 13-Dec-02 No No No 10-Jul-98 25-Nov-00 25-Nov-00 30-Nov-01 30-Nov-01 30-Apr-00 30-Apr-00 15-Jul-00...