[afnog] GE Interfaces for Cisco 7206 and 7204

[Kayihura M. Eddy]

Thanks Mark,

They would work on VXR only?
There are 2 7206 VXR and a 7204.

We once got some compatibility issue while purchasing HSSI
module that would work on one type and not on the other.

cheers,

Eddy


On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:26:34 +0800
 Mark Tinka <mtinka at globaltransit.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 October 2008 16:03:52 Rudasingwa Peter 
> wrote:
> 
> > I am planning to do an upgrade on in my network and I
> am
> > thinking of purchasing GE Interfaces for my cisco 7206
> > and Cisco 7204 routers. I have checked around the net
> and
> > I came up with "*CISCO 7200 SERIES NETWORK PROCESSING
> > ENGINE NPE-G1 *"
> >
> (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/modules/ps393
> >1/product_data_sheet09186a00800c6bd6.html).
> >
> > I would like to know if this would work for me. If not,
> > can you please advise on the best module to use?
> 
> The NPE-G1 (and it's newer brother, the NPE-G2) is a
> great 
> way to have Gig-E ports on the 7200-VXR routers.
> 
> One of the biggest advantages of this processor is that
> it 
> integrates the function of an I/O controller (management 
> plane) with the forwarding engine. This saves you from 
> having to fill up your I/O controller slot, freeing up 
> precious bandwidth points.
> 
> The integrated Gig-E ports, also, do not count toward the
> 
> chassis' overall bandwidth points consumption. This
> leaves 
> you with enough room to expand the router's density via
> the 
> front slots.
> 
> If you have the cash, I'd recommend going for the NPE-G2.
> If 
> not, the NPE-G1 will do just fine provided your 
> requirements are not heavy, i.e., number of full BGP
> routes 
> to handle, amount of traffic to forward,
> packet-inspecting 
> features like ACL's and QoS, e.t.c.
> 
> > One more question:
> > Are there modules of the same kind with interfaces with
> > RJ45 connectors and not fiber connectors? I would like
> to
> > be able to connect from any core device to the GE
> > modules.
> 
> Both the NPE-G1 and NPE-G2 provide options for either
> RJ-45 
> (copper) or GBIC/SFP (fibre). So if you don't want to use
> 
> fibre, that's not a problem - you can still use copper.
> 
> However, note that each controller/port supports 
> an "either-or" situation, i.e., you can run either copper
> 
> or fibre, but not both at the same time.
> 
> Both the NPE-G1 and NPE-G2 provide you with 3x
> copper/fibre 
> Gig-E ports. The NPE-G2 has an additional FE port, but 
> that's built for OoB (Out of Band) management, and is not
> 
> recommended to be used for forwarding user traffic.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mark.