RE: cef/process switching problem

["Austad, Jay" <JAustad () temgweb com>]

It's 12.2 code.  show ip int e0 shows that CEF is enabled on the interface.
Supposedly 12.2's CEF also handles policy routing (which is not being used
on this router).  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Frisvold [mailto:friz () corp ptd net]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 10:24 AM
> To: Austad, Jay
> Cc: nanog () merit edu
> Subject: Re: cef/process switching problem
>
>
> Not sure on the MC3810 (never used one), but I know that many of the
> other Cisco routers didn't do CEF on ethernet until later revisions of
> code...  There are other factors that kick it out of CEF as well.. I
> believe ACL's and Route Maps are 2 of them..
>
> On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 11:07, Austad, Jay wrote:
> > I've got a cisco MC3810 with a bunch of DSL customers on it.  CEF is
> > enabled, but when I do a show int stat, I see that almost 
> 100% of the
> > outbound packets on the ethernet interface are process 
> switched, and not
> > being matched in the route cache.  The Input looks just 
> fine, and the other
> > interfaces are borderline (usually 50% hit rate on the 
> cache or a little
> > less).
> >
> > CPU is sitting pretty high on this box during the day, and 
> I have strong
> > suspicions that this is why.  :)
> >
> > I can't seem to find any info on why this would be 
> happening or how to
> > figure out what's going on.  Anyone have any suggestions?
> >
> > -jay
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