> > the NSE-1, in a service provider environment, is identical to a NPE-300.
> > The only offloading today to the NSE is PXF (questionable ROI on CPU) and
> > NAT (any service providers running this in the core?).
>
> As far as I've understood, Access-List checking and Netflow accounting can
> also be PXF'ed, which woudl be a major gain...
Yes. We use NSE-1 for some of our bondary routers with lots of ACLs. The
difference in CPU load is quite noticeable.
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
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