> > What happens if ESP runs out of FIB slots? > > My SE (and someone from one of the BU's at Cisco) said that > they think the only boxes that stop forwarding traffic > altogether due to congested FIB's are IOS XR boxes. > > All other boxes (IOS) will process look-ups in the control > plane CPU. This implies IOS XE will work the same way, > although I have no real evidence of this.
It would be nice to have a knob to turn software forwarding off completely. Makes it easier to find forwarding problems because they tend to be visible right away when traffic stops... Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [email protected] _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
