> "Note: An IPv4 route requires only one TCAM entry. Because of the > hardware compression scheme used for IPv6, an IPv6 route can take > more than one TCAM entry, reducing the number of entries forwarded > in hardware. For example, for IPv6 directly connected IP addresses, > the desktop template might allow less than two thousand entries." > > > Translated: "The stated numbers for IPv6 routes are twice the real max. > However, prefix compression may give better utilisation under certain > conditions".
Thanks, that's the first *specific* information I've seen of equipment that might have problems (reduced number of entries) with longer than 64 bit prefixes. Fortunately we're not using 3560/3750 for IPv6 routing at the moment. Any other takers? Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sth...@nethelp.no
