From: Sami (sy1977@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Jun 11 2006 - 16:56:49 ART
Petr,
In a nutshell I can enable CEF on all the router in lab with out any worry
whether it's tradtional rate limiting or CAR or NBAR.
Thanks for your prompt reply , you guys are great !!!
On 6/11/06, Petr Lapukhov <petrsoft@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Sami,
>
> it wont hurt to enable CEF anytime, if you are NOT explicitly told
> to disable it :) After all, they have at least 12.3 on every router in
> the lab now :)
>
> AFAIR, CEF is not mandatory for CAR, but it is required for class-based
> marking and NBAR, to mention a few. Some other CEF-dependant things
> are related to load-balancing, and BGP policy accounting, for example :)
>
> Remember the main point of real lab: you could do anything that is
> not restricted by the task conditions, as long as you get the result.
>
> The biggest problem is to figure WHAT is the required result ;) That is,
> you need to pay extremal attention to the wording, and ask for
> clarification
> on every doubtful moment. Next step is to figure how you can verify your
> solution, and the rest is simple :)
>
> Oh yes, and if you have more than one alternative, choose the most simple
> one :)
> The simplest solution is probably always the best.
>
> HTH
> Petr
>
> 2006/6/11, Sami <sy1977@gmail.com>:
> >
> > Group,
>
> I am confused when to use IP CEF while doing rate limiting. Is CEF
> mandatory for CAR or not ?
>
> Thanks.
>
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