[c-nsp] Sup720 & netflow

Robert J. Adams radams at siscom.net
Tue Dec 5 16:59:04 EST 2006


Tim Stevenson wrote:
> The rate is not really the concern, sup720 can collect NF stats at 
> line rate. The question is the number of unique flows & the 
> configured flow mask. Do you care about application layer data 
> (protocol & L4 ports) or just source/dest or dest IP is enough?

Mostly just interested in destination ASN.

> I think if you search the cisco-nsp archives you'll find several 
> discussions of NF scalability on 6500/7600, including the balancing 
> act between CPU/NF overflow/"real-time" stats.

Thanks, I'll check the archives some more.

Robert Adams


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