[c-nsp] mpls performance on 7500/7200

[Jon Lewis]

On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, matthew zeier wrote:

> So if MPLS on an MSFC2 is largely unsupported due to performance, what 
> sort of performance can I expect on a 7500 or 7200 running MPLS? Or is 
> that something to stay away from?

On the 7200 and 7500, it's CEF/DCEF switched depending on interface type 
and IOS version.  i.e. If you were paying attention about a month or two 
ago, you'd have seen that in 12.2S, MPLS over MLPPP is not CEF 
switched...but in 12.3 it is.

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