[c-nsp] Cisco 7600 BGP route-map processing

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 09:41:06AM -0800, Walter Keen wrote:
> I was curious if route-map processing in BGP neighbor statements is done 
> in software or hardware on the 7600/rsp7203cxl and 7600/sup7203b.

Software.  The only thing "normal" routers do "in hardware" is 
"move packets" (with everything that this entails, like "ACL checking"
or "netflow accounting").

The CRS-1 architecture can have dedicated CPU cards for BGP processing,
but it's still "software".

gert
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