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

[Peter Rathlev]

On Wed, 2009-09-02 at 14:04 +0200, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Alan Buxey wrote:
> > 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.

Agreed, and introducing DFCs can give you some headaches with e.g.
policers, since each forwarding engine operates independently from the
others.

Regards,
Peter