[c-nsp] cisco-nsp Digest, Vol 50, Issue 34

[Koffler, George A.]

On Wed, 10 Jan 2007, Dean Smith wrote:

> Are there any performance limitations using policy routing on a 6500 ?

> (Sup720 Sup3B, 122-18.SXF4)
>
> Does the policy routing happen in hardware or in software ?
>
> Thanks
> Dean
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Dean-

Policy routing is done in hardware, but there are some restrictions;
certain functions can't be performed in hardware, and will cause
software forwarding.  See

http://tinyurl.com/vghyj for the details.

George