Chapter 24 Configuring Cisco Express Forwarding; Overview Of Cef; Benefits Of Cef - Cisco 4500M Software Manual

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Configuring Cisco Express Forwarding

This chapter describes Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF) on the Catalyst 4500 series switch. It also

provides guidelines, procedures, and examples to configure this feature.

This chapter includes the following major sections:

For complete syntax and usage information for the switch commands used in this chapter, refer to the

Catalyst 4500 Series Switch Cisco IOS Command Reference and related publications at

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios122/122cgcr/index.htm.

This section contains information on the two primary components that comprise the CEF operation:

CEF is advanced Layer 3 IP switching technology that optimizes performance and scalability for large

networks with dynamic traffic patterns or networks with intensive web-based applications and

interactive sessions.

Overview of CEF, page 24-1

Catalyst 4500 Series Switch Implementation of CEF, page 24-3

CEF Configuration Restrictions, page 24-6

Configuring CEF, page 24-6

Monitoring and Maintaining CEF, page 24-8

Benefits of CEF, page 24-1

Forwarding Information Base, page 24-2

Adjacency Tables, page 24-2

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