Answer to my own question: on 7500 routers when the "transmit-buffers backing-store" command is enabled and the transmit queue is full, packets are swapped from the MEMD into DRAM. If the command is not enabled (default) then packets are dropped. A high occurrence of "output buffers swapped out" simply indicates a lot of traffic. No problem there!
Pierre-Alex ----------------------- (resent) Can't find any explanation on CCO about "output buffers swapped out" (Ethernet interface) Any one has a definition of what it is and what could cause 146399903 "output buffers swapped out" on an Ethernet interface? thank you, Pierre-Alex Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=41986&t=41986 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]