[c-nsp] 7304 NSE-100, PXF & PBR

[Rodney Dunn]

On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 06:16:16PM +0200, Marco Berger wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> we are using a couple of 7304 NSE-100 routers, each transiting ~250
> Mbps traffic (both ways). CPU load averages at ~10% (BGP, OSPF,
> ACLs used).
> 
> Everything's bright and shiny until we enable policy based routing.
> CPU load will increase to ~55% on average, up to 85% if PBR is
> applied to more than one interface.
> 
> While I'm aware PBR is currently not accelerated by PXF, I was
> wondering if Cisco is planning to support PBR acceleration via PXF
> in the near future? (I'm not able to find any related info on Cisco's web
> pages).

No plans currently unfortunately. Have your accoun team (if you have one)
open a PERS (product enhancement request) for the platform if it's
a feature you really need. Unfortunately it's currently a feature
gap in that hardware forwarding platform.

I have passed your request on the BU.

Rodney


> 
> Any info is much appreciated (on or off-list).
> --- MB
> 
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