HP-UX IPFilter Version 16 Performance White Paper

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10GigE CPU Utilization Rates with 64KB Packets
Figure 2 and Table 2 show CPU utilization rates using a 10GigE link with 64KB packets.
Figure 2 10GigE CPU Utilization Rates with 64KB Packets
10GigE CPU Utilization with 64KB Packets
56.75
46.56
15.48
60.1
48.63
15.58
84.85
66.02
19.07
90.47
73.82
20.92
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10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Inbound Inbound LRO Outbound
CPU Utilization (%)
No IPFilter
No Rules
Stateless Rules
Stateful Rules
Table 2 10GigE CPU Utilization with 64KB Packets
Traffic Type No IPFilter
% CPU
No Rules
% CPU
Stateless Rules
% CPU
Stateful Rules
% CPU
Inbound 64KB
packets
56.75 60.1
(5.9% difference)
84.85
(49.52%
difference)
90.47
(59.42%
difference)
Inbound 64KB
packets with LRO
enabled
46.56
48.63
(4.45% difference)
66.02
(41.80%
difference)
73.82
(58.55%
difference)
Outbound 64KB
packets
15.48 15.58
(< 1% difference)
19.07
(23.22%
difference)
20.92
(35.14%
difference)