[c-nsp] Weird "show cef state" output on 7500 VIPs

[Daniel Roesen]

Hi,

Router#sh cef state
CEF Status:
 RP instance
 common CEF enabled
IPv4 CEF Status:
 CEF enabled/running
 dCEF enabled/running
 CEF switching enabled/running
 universal per-destination load sharing algorithm, id 8F49A137
IPv6 CEF Status:
 CEF enabled/running
 dCEF enabled/running
 universal per-destination load sharing algorithm, id 8F49A137
...

But when entering any VIP:

VIP-Slot1#sh cef state
...
IPv4 CEF Status:
...
 dCEF disabled/running
 CEF switching disabled/running
...

So... why does "sh cef state" say:
 CEF switching enabled/running
for IPv4 on the VIPs?

This is a 7505/RSP4 running 12.2(25)S1 (rsp-jk91o3sv-mz.122-25.S1.bin).

Config:

Router#sh run | i cef
cef table consistency-check IPv4
cef table consistency-check IPv4 data-checking
cef table consistency-check IPv4 error-message
cef table consistency-check IPv6
cef table consistency-check IPv6 data-checking
cef table consistency-check IPv6 error-message
ip cef distributed
ip cef accounting load-balance-hash
ipv6 cef distributed

The VIPs do all have enough RAM, and "sh ip cef" shows that the local
CEF tables are populated.


Best regards,
Daniel

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