10.8 Gbps switching fabric
6.5 million packets-per-second forwarding rate (Cisco Catalyst
3524-PWR XL)
7.5 million packets-per-second forwarding rate (Cisco Catalyst
3508G XL)
(All forwarding rates for 64-byte packets)
5.4 Gbps max. forwarding bandwidth
4 MB shared-memory architecture shared by all ports
Packet forwarding rate for 64-byte packets: 14,880 PPS to
10 Mbps ports 148,800 PPS to 100Base-T ports 1,488,000 PPS
to 1000Base-X ports
8192 Media Access Control (MAC) addresses
8 MB DRAM and 4 MB Flash memory onboard