IP Routing: Protocol-Independent Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Release 3SE (Catalyst 3850 Switches)

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January 29, 2013

Chapter: Fast-Switched Policy Routing

Fast-Switched Policy Routing

Currently policy-based routing is process-switched within the software, which means that on most platforms the switching rate was approximately 1000 to 10,000 packets per second. Such rates are not fast enough for many applications. The Fast-Switched Policy Routing feature allows customers to direct certain traffic profiles to take specified paths through the network, enabling source-based routing and leveraging security.

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Prerequisites for Fast-Switched Policy Routing

Policy routing must be configured before you configure fast-switched policy routing.

Information About Fast-Switched Policy Routing

Fast-Switched Policy Routing

IP policy routing can be fast-switched. Prior to fast-switched policy routing, policy routing could only be process -switched, which meant that on most platforms, the switching rate was approximately 1000 to 10,000 packets per second. Such rates were not fast enough for many applications. With fast-switched policy routing, users who need policy routing to occur at faster speeds can implement policy routing without slowing down the device.

Fast-switched policy routing supports all match commands and most set commands, except for the following:

  • set ip default

  • set interface

The set interface command is supported only over point-to-point links, unless there is a route cache entry that uses the same interface that is specified in the command in the route map.

To configure fast-switched policy routing, use the ip route-cache policy interface configuration command.

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Feature Information for Fast-Switched Policy Routing

The following table provides release information about the feature or features described in this module. This table lists only the software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that software release train also support that feature.

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Table 1. Feature Information for Fast-Switched Policy Routing

Feature Name

Releases

Feature Information

Fast-Switched Policy Routing

11.3

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.2SE

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.2SE

Cisco IOS XE Release 3.3SE

Currently policy-based routing is process-switched within the software, which means that on most platforms the switching rate was approximately 1000 to 10,000 packets per second. Such rates are not fast enough for many applications. The Fast-Switched Policy Routing feature allows customers to direct certain traffic profiles to take specified paths through the network, enabling source-based routing and leveraging security.

In Cisco IOS XE Release 3.2SE, support was added for the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches.

In Cisco IOS XE Release 3.2SE, support was added for the Cisco 5700 Series Wireless LAN Controllers.

In Cisco IOS XE Release 3.3SE, support was added for the Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switches and Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches.

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