[j-nsp] NAT without AS PIC

[Stefan Fouant]

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Brandon Bennett <bennetb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Pardon my ignorance, but do the high-end Cisco platforms do NAT
>> without any specialized hardware?
>
> 7200 - Software based so yes. (Probably more comparible to a J4350 or
> J6350 anyway)
> 7600 - Hardware accelerated NAT in the PFE
> ASR1000 - Hardware accelerated NAT
> GSR 12k - Requires the MSB (Multi-Service Blade)
> CRS-1 - No support (But it's a core router right?  Like a T-series)

On the 7600 and the ASR1000, is that hardware accelerated NAT a
default option, or are those add-on features?

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Stefan Fouant
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