> I would instead consider moving the NAT somewhere else, and leaving the 
> Netflow on the box. The hardware-assisted NAT feature in the 6500/7600 
> has the feel of an "abandoned" feature; one that Cisco would rather you 
> didn't use, and are sorry they ever implemented.

Yes, I get that feeling also. However, since the monitoring has a less of a 
priority than the low latency of the packets, moving the NAT to another box 
which adds another layer of complexity and another latency hop, it's likely we 
will either replace the entire hardware or leave it the way it is. Having to 
increase latency to add monitoring is the tail wagging the dog.

As far as requirements, on the marketing literature for the 7600/RSP720 the 
hardware assisted nat and NDE are both prominent features advertised. There are 
no disclaimers stating they won't work together. In fact, I've yet to see any 
published documentation, internal or external from Cisco that states that it 
won't work. Just a good explanation from TAC why it won't (The NAT inserts a 
special Netflow entry that doesn't follow the mls aging timeout, so NDE doesn't 
work).

We have been promised a formal statement from Cisco in regards to this. Once we 
have that, we will had it over to our legal department and see where it goes 
from there.


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil Mayers
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 6:47 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] WARNING: Netflow Data Export & Hardware assisted NAT not 
supported on 76xx/65xx on the same interface

On 08/26/2011 05:25 PM, Matthew Huff wrote:

> I'm looking at using SPAN to replicate the data and send it to a
> linux box to then create netflow data exports, however, given the

I would instead consider moving the NAT somewhere else, and leaving the 
Netflow on the box. The hardware-assisted NAT feature in the 6500/7600 
has the feel of an "abandoned" feature; one that Cisco would rather you 
didn't use, and are sorry they ever implemented.
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