[nsp] RPF on Catalyst 6k

Me smentzer at mentzer.org
Thu Dec 26 16:02:52 EST 2002


how can this be verified?

a 'show mls cef hardware' shows the same # of used blocks in the cef 
tcam with rpf turned on as without (we are carrying full routes too)...

Is that not the correct place to be checking?

On Thu, 26 Dec 2002 sthaug@nethelp.no 
wrote:

> Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 22:35:56 +0100
> From: sthaug@nethelp.no
> To: smentzer@mentzer.org
> Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [nsp] RPF on Catalyst 6k
> 
> > Does this limitation apply to the 7600 series as well?
> 
> Using uRPF checks reduces the usable size of the CEF table to half of
> the original - this applies equally to 7600, since a 7600 is basically
> just a 6500 (Sup2/MSFC2/PFC2) with at least one OSM.
> 
> This is the reason we're not using uRPF checks on our 7600s.
> 
> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
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