Calnex SNE Ignite: Intrinsic Latency Values

The SNE Ignite hardware processes every packet received at the Ethernet ports. This introduces a small and consistent intrinsic latency to the packets while they are buffered within the SNE Ignite.

This intrinsic latency varies depending on the interface used and whether Jumbo Frame Mode is enabled (see table below). The intrinsic latency is the minimum delay value that can be configured for a given interface.

As such, any delay value configured will include the intrinsic latency.

E.g., with a data rate of 10 Gbit/s and Jumbo Frame Mode enabled, configuring a delay of 50 μs will apply 36 μs in addition to the intrinsic latency of 14 μs, for a total of 50 μs delay.