[c-nsp] Flow tools

[Chuck Church]

Oh, maybe I was thinking of 3A vs. 3B.  Those would play together sort of.
Not sure about 3C.   

Chuck


-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Hilliard [mailto:nick at foobar.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 11:03 AM
To: Chuck Church
Cc: 'Gert Doering'; 'Jon Lewis'; 'Cisco NSP'
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Flow tools

On 18/01/2012 15:54, Chuck Church wrote:
> So no more PFC falling back to a mode that is common to all the DFCs?

er, yes, if you mix XL and non-XL, you'll fall back to the lowest common
denominator.

>
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps708/qa_c67-6494
19.html#wp9000094

There's really no other deterministic way to deal with mixing hardware with
different FIB sizes.  Unless you want non-deterministic routers
(personally, I don't).

Nick