High CPU utilization w/VRF NAT - Cat6500

2012-11-13 Thread Rodrick Brown
~80 or so static NAT's configured, multiple versions of IOS tested. Most of the traffic is being punted to the CPU through the NAT interfaces causing high CPU utilization. Increasing fast aging timers had 0 benefit, TCAM utilization is less than 5% Does anyone have any thoughts on other

Re: High CPU utilization w/VRF NAT - Cat6500

2012-11-13 Thread Kenneth McRae
I would recommend you do this on a firewall (fwsm or something external).. On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Rodrick Brown rodrick.br...@gmail.comwrote: ~80 or so static NAT's configured, multiple versions of IOS tested. Most of the traffic is being punted to the CPU through the NAT interfaces

Re: High CPU utilization w/VRF NAT - Cat6500

2012-11-13 Thread harbor235
What Supervisior do you have? If its an older SUP NAT may be done in software, which sounds like you are currently experiencing. Its not hard to max out a 6500 CPU. -Mike On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Kenneth McRae kenneth.mc...@dreamhost.comwrote: I would recommend you do this on a