[c-nsp] do i *need* DFCs on the 6500?

[Mikael Abrahamsson]

On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Alan Buxey wrote:

> 1) is there any way of showing the sup720 
> strain/utilisation...particularly is there a way of showing DFC usage on 
> the blades where we have them?

You're probably thinking of "show mls statistics".

> 2) it offloads IPv6 and QoS - we're into both of those (and more so over the
> next year) - any particular insights into QoS performance/issues without
> DFC ? any throughput figures for IPv6 ?

I'd say that if you're not hitting over 10MPPS on the CFC, you don't 
really need DFC.

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se