[c-nsp] Question on the Use of Policy Based Routing

[Peter Rathlev]

On Wed, 2012-03-07 at 09:51 +0100, Gert Doering wrote:
> Well, that answer is relevant for software-forwarding platforms, where
> "can use CEF!" will indeed bring a major performance boost.
> 
> Unfortunately, it's fully irrelevant for the 3750 in use here, as it's
> CPU is tiny and "can use CEF" doesn't tell wether the hardware forwarding
> machinery can handle PBR or not.

Correct. And the 3750 actually does PBR in hardware with a few caveats:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3750/software/release/12.2_44_se/configuration/guide/swiprout.html#wp1210866

We use PBR on 3560s with no performance problems at all.

-- 
Peter