[c-nsp] NBAR on SVI on 7600 w/ Sup720

Andy Ellsworth andy at dar.net
Tue Jan 22 08:29:27 EST 2013


On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Alex K. <nsp.lists at gmail.com> wrote:

> Cat6500 is a distributed environment. Not only PFC (or any other one part
> for this matter) is responsible for capabilities.
>
You might want to read up on the role of the PFC. If NBAR were to be
implemented in hardware, it would indeed need to be on the PFC/DFC.

https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-21377#Role_of_PFC_Layer_3_Engine

Since it isn't (as Oli's doc explicitly says), it's done in software, if
it's done at all.


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