[rbak-nsp] forwarding policy

[david.freedman at uk.clara.net]

>Am I correct in thinking that a Redback forwarding policy is process
>switched

Not quite sure what you mean here, my understanding is that unless you are
using XCRP services (such as the http server), then the forwarding actions
occur in hardware, on the PPA,


[thingy]redback# show forward policy foo

Policy-Name                Type     Grid    Qs Slots  Ports  Bound  DnLd
Status
foo                        forward  14      0  1      4      in

Slot#:       1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14
iPPA dnld:
ePPA dnld:
iPPA ports:  4
ePPA ports:

Class-Name          Action  Mode  IP-Addr/Option   Bound  Int,msec
Output-Name
redirect-class      redir   local
drop-class          drop

Total policy map: 1

I believe this is possible because these are FPGA , though I'm sure there
are some internal limits to how nested operations can be.

Dave.