Cisco NPE-G1 700MHz 256MB services-ready engine (SRE) module

NPE-G1 including 256 MB default DRAM and 64 MB default flash memory the Cisco® 7200 Series introduces its newest processor-the NPE-G1 (Figure 1). 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 (see Table 1 for details):

- 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
- Offers improved price performance