[c-nsp] BDF over port-channels?

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 05:50:33PM +0100, ?ukasz Bromirski wrote:
> On 2009-11-17 15:12, Gert Doering wrote:
> 
> >(Which makes some sort of sense, *iff* the BFD-handling is done in the
> >line card - where it belongs, to be independent of whatever load the
> >main CPU is having.  OTOH, I don't think normal 6500 LAN cards are smart
> >enough to run BFD locally.  So whatever...)
> 
> You're right. The current 6500 LCs don't have capability to run BFD
> in fully distributed mode. All BFD-bound functionality is job of the
> active Supervisor.

Out of curiosity: since the boot messages suggest that 67xx cards with
CFC or DFC run "some sort of local IOS" - would those be smart enough?

What about SIP and ES cards?

So many things still to learn about this platform :-)

gert

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