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Chapter 4: Policy Resources
Platform Considerations
Policy services are supported on all E-series routers.
For information about the modules supported on E-series routers:
! See the ERX Module Guide for modules supported on ERX-7xx models,
ERX-14xx models, and the ERX-310 router.
! See the E320 Module Guide for modules supported on the E320 router.
FPGA Hardware Classifiers
Classification is the process of taking a single data stream in and sorting it into
multiple output substreams. The classifier engine on an E-series router is a
combination of PowerPC processors, working with an FPGA for a hardware assist.
In the Differentiated Services (DiffServ) architecture, two basic types of classifiers
exist. The first classifier type is a multifield (MF) classifier. The MF classifier can
examine multiple fields in the IP datagram header to determine the service class to
which a packet belongs.
Table 15: Classifier Support (All Line Modules Except OC48/STM16, GE-2, and GE-HDE)
Interface Type Hardware Classifier Software Classifier
All interface types ! Color
! Traffic class
! User packet class
Frame Relay Not supported
! DE bit
GRE tunnels Not supported
! ToS
IP
! Destination address
! Destination port
! ICMP type and code
! IGMP type
! Protocol
! Source address
! Source port
! Destination route class
! IP flags
! IP fragmentation
! Local
! Source route class
! TCP flags
! ToS
IPv6
! Destination address
! Destination port
! ICMPv6 type and code
! Protocol
! Source address
! Source port
! Destination route class
! Local
! Source route class
! TC field
! TCP flags
MPLS Not supported
! EXP
VLAN Not supported
! User priority