[c-nsp] Control-Plane Filters/ACLs

[Łukasz Bromirski]

On 2010-12-03 22:55, Gert Doering wrote:

>> Provided QoS is globally enabled with "mls qos", CoPP is done in
>> hardware[1] on 6500/sup720, by adding QoS policy-maps into the PFC/DFC
>> qos path.
> You're sure you need mls qos for that?  I was under the impression that
> CoPP is always done in hardware (as long as the specific rules permit).

mls rate-limiters are 'on' always, CoPP requires the logic behind MQC
and yes, requires 'mls qos' to function properly. It can be configured
and will actually (mal)function with 'software processing' but this
is not the way it should be ran.

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