7200 NETWORK PROCESSING ENGINE WITH 3 GE/FE/E PORTS
The Cisco 7200 Series introduces its newest processor-the NPE-G1. The Cisco 7200 Series Network Processing Engine NPE-G1 (NPE-G1) addresses the demand for performance and flexibility by doubling its processing capacity and enabling unprecedented LAN performance. Benefits of the NPE-G1 include the following:
Provides performance of up to 1 million packets per second (PPS) in Cisco Express Forwarding switching (an increase of up to 250 percent over the Cisco 7200 Series NPE-400)
Offers three Gigabit Ethernet/Fast Ethernet ports that do not take up bandwidth points
Doubles the amount of available DRAM (to 1 GB)
Eliminates the requirement for an input/output (I/O) controller
Eliminates I/O controller LAN interface bandwidth points
Provides modular processors and the ability to upgrade