Cisco 7200 PCI Limitations

Fri Aug 3 13:53:08 UTC 2012

shthead wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a 7200 series router (7204) here and I am trying to figure out
> something with it. Currently the router has a NPE-G1 card in it, giving
> it 3 gig interfaces but I need an extra gig interface on it to make 4.
>
> Having a look around the available options are either get a PA-GE card
> that fits into one of the slots on the router or to get a C7200-I/O-GE+E
> (I/O controller with a gbit port on it).

I would go with the Gig IO controller.

But you are never going to push 4gbit of traffic through this box ever.

You probably wont break 500mbps.

Or lower, depending on your features.

So you might as well use a one or two gig ports trunked to a switch.

And if that switch is something like a 3550, then you might have some 
interesting options.

Joe