[c-nsp] Policy Based Routing on Cisco 6500

Hi, I am wondering if there any performance issue with using PBR on a Cisco 6500 with Sup720? Any pointers and suggestions are most appreciated. Thanks in advance, Shine ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net

Re: [c-nsp] Policy Based Routing on Cisco 6500

On Jun 9, 2009, at 6:00 PM, Shine Joseph wrote: I am wondering if there any performance issue with using PBR on a Cisco 6500 with Sup720? I think (correction welcome) that it only works in hardware based upon matching an extended ACL - any attempt to do things like match on packet size,

Re: [c-nsp] Policy Based Routing on Cisco 6500

, 2009 14:01 To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: [c-nsp] Policy Based Routing on Cisco 6500 Hi, I am wondering if there any performance issue with using PBR on a Cisco 6500 with Sup720? Any pointers and suggestions are most appreciated. Thanks in advance, Shine

Re: [c-nsp] Policy Based Routing on Cisco 6500

Correct. See: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12.2SX/configuration/guide/layer3.html#wpmkr1033564 •The Policy Feature Card (PFC) and any Distributed Feature Cards (DFCs) provide hardware support for policy-based routing (PBR) for route-map sequences that use the

Re: [c-nsp] Policy Based Routing on Cisco 6500

PBR by its nature is operationally brittle and ugly; if there's another way to accomplish one's goal, it's generally best to pursue an alternate method, if at all possible. Absolutely forcefully agree :) While this is a bit off-topic here's an example of what you can do with a