2610 handle 5 serial ports?

[rkmorrow]

I realize the 2600 series routers supposedly handle 15000 pps. According to Cisco, the ethernet port is 10000 pps and the serial ports each carry 1500 for a total of 16000 pps.

My question is: would all of the interfaces have to be at full capacity for you to see a performance hit for going over the specified capabilty of the router.

My thinking is that the interfaces are never all at full capacity and it would be ok to do this.

Am I missing anything?

Thanks
rkmorrow

 

[nohair]

Hi,
It would work, but would it work effectively? That can only be answered by analysis of your network. In a nutshell, I'd say don't risk it unless you know you will not flood the network.
For this port density level you might want to look at the 3620 which has a far superior forwarding rate (40Kpps) This would support up to 8 serial interfaces and 8 f/ethernet interfaces using NM-2FE2W's. Though the price could be costly.

-Stephen

 

[nohair]

Hi,
It would work, but would it work effectively? That can only be answered by analysis of your network. In a nutshell, I'd say don't risk it unless you know you will not flood the router. It's kind of hard to go back when the router is bought and in place before you realise it can't cope.
For this port density level you might want to look at the 3620 which has a far superior forwarding rate (40Kpps) This would support up to 8 serial interfaces and 8 f/ethernet interfaces using NM-2FE2W's. Though the price could be costly.

-Stephen