Guys, It is possible to push full line rate 1 Gbps or 10 Gbps traffic throughput through either a 1 Gbps or a 10 Gbps port. An example of hardware capable of generating this type of traffic is a pair of Fluke OptiView® XG. http://www.flukenetworks.com/enterprise-network/network-monitoring/optiview-xg-network-analysis-tablet The fastest solutions for transporting traffic that I have heard of for a single port is 100 Gbps though it contains multiple fibers. Please reference Cisco.com link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Q7hCAVv3k I am sure there is something much faster in development somewhere. As far as general performance ratings, for Cisco anyways, please reference the following tables: http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/downloads/765/tools/quickreference/routerperformance.pdf http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/downloads/765/tools/quickreference/switchperformance.pdf I hope this is a helpful addition to this discussion. Thanks, Matt On 2/23/2015 6:15 PM, Jima wrote: > On 2015-02-20 09:26, Raymond Norton wrote: >> I know what the specs say for throughput on an HP Procurve 2810, but >> does anyone know the true theoretical limit? I know our 5540 ASA is >> 650Mb on 1 Gb ports. Getting Over and under runs and trying to determine >> the cause. > > As others have suggested, the switch is not likely to be the > bottleneck here -- unless it has (and you're using) any Layer 3 > functionality, maybe. > > Also, that 650Mbps is only with the SSM-40; if you have the SSM-20, > it's rated for 500Mbps. > > How's the CPU load (e.g., `show cpu`) sitting on the ASA? I know > things get ugly on the 5520 when the CPU gets up to maybe 60% (which > happens pretty easily when someone leaves a capture running) -- my > kneejerk reaction is to check that if you're having problems. > > Clearly this is still on-topic, as the ASA runs Linux under-the-hood. > ;-) > > Jima > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list