This chapter contains scalability and performance data for older Cisco products. The testing has been performed under the same conditions as outlined in the design guide.
Cisco Headend VPN Routers (Legacy)
Table B-1 Cisco Headend Router Platform Throughput with p2p GRE over IPsec (no ACL, PAT, IOS-FW, IPS, or QoS)
Router Platform
Hardware Acceleration
# of Tunnels
Active
Throughput
Kpps
Throughput
Mbps
CPU % Utilization
Cisco 7200VXR with NPE-400
SA-VAM
240
23.5
48.4
80%
Cisco 7200VXR with NPE-300
SA-VAM
240
18.8
38.3
79%
Cisco 3745
AIM-HPII
120
8.7
18.1
78%
Cisco Branch Office VPN Routers (Legacy)
Table B-2 Cisco Branch Router Platform Throughput with p2p GRE over IPsec (1 Tunnel, IOS-FW, PAT, and ACLs but not QoS or IPS)
