[c-nsp] per flow load balancing

[Rodney Dunn]

On a 65xx/76xx the flexwan's don't do any packet forwarding.

It's all hardware based as long as you don't have a feature
on that causes the traffic to be punted.



On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 02:31:20PM -0200, Everton da Silva Marques wrote:
> Rodney,
> 
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 08:47:26AM -0500, Rodney Dunn wrote:
> > Some hardware platforms like the 6k support it in hardware.
> > 
> > We haven't yet implemented it in software.
> > 
> > The request is via:
> > 
> > CSCsa56863
> > Externally found enhancement defect: New (N)
> > Request to support L4 hash capability in software CEF
> 
> Does CSCsa56863 affect load-sharing for p2p links 
> on an Enhanced FlexWAN module? I mean, like this:
> 
> 7609#sh run | i ip route x.y.247.108
> ip route x.y.247.108 255.255.255.255 Serial1/1/0.1/1/1/1:0
> ip route x.y.247.108 255.255.255.255 Serial1/1/0.1/1/2/1:0
> 
> (Serial1/1/0 is a PA-MC-STM1 adapter attached to an
>  Enhanced FlexWAN module.)
> 
> I'm unsure whether, given such scenario, load-sharing
> is hardware-based or software-based, though I guess
> the E-FlexWAN would perform software-based packet
> forwarding, and hence CSCsa56863 would apply, right?
> 
> Thanks,
> Everton