[c-nsp] Erspan on 7600

Martin Moens Moens at carrier2carrier.com
Tue Aug 10 12:12:58 EDT 2010


Thanks Tim,

Exactly what I wanted to hear :-)

Martin

Tim Stevenson <mailto:tstevens at cisco.com> wrote on 10/08/2010 16:59:

> Hi Martin,
> 
> ERSPAN is handled by the hardware, either the central replication
> engine on the sup, or by the REs on the linecards themselves (depends
> on which sup & LCs you have). 
> 
> In no case do we use the sup CPU to perform ERSPAN encap/decap.
> 
> Tim
> 
> At 07:10 AM 8/10/2010, Martin Moens averred:
> 
>> Hi list,
>> 
>> Does someone have experience with erspan on a 7600?
>> Is this loading the CPU (rsp720 / ws-x6748-ge-tx) or is it handled
>> in hardware? 
>> 
>> Martin
>> 
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