[c-nsp] Strange message on the console

[Charles Spurgeon]

That cryptic console message means what it says, and I agree that it's
hard to understand. I think it *should* say that you've just gone down
the rabbit hole, and the next stop is the Mad Hatter's tea
party. That's how it felt when I was trying to debug what was
happening as a result.

Here's an NSP thread where this was discussed. As noted, this is
apparently fixed in later ASICs (sup720C/CXL):
http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/2007-February/038465.html

-Charles

On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 01:56:33AM -0400, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I was messing around with rate-limiting ARP resolution on a 6500
> SUP720-3bxl.  After entering "mls rate-limit unicast cef glean 250
> 50", IOS printed this message on the console:
> 
> %Packets requiring ARP resolution will be subject to the output ACLs of the input VLAN
> 
> Uhhhh, duh?  I would hope that traffic would always be subject to the
> input VLAN's output ACL, since that would be how one would expect
> ACLs to work - ie, that they actually do something....  I can't
> imagine that this means to imply that output ACLs only work when glean
> rate-limiting is enabled.
> 
> Google finds nothing on this message - anyone have any info on this
> curious bit?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Ross Vandegrift
> ross at kallisti.us
> 
> "The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who
> make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians
> have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine
> man in the bonds of Hell."
> 	--St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37
> 
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