Additional Capabilities

In addition to configuring CEF and dCEF, you can also configure these features:

  • Distributed CEF switching using access lists

  • Distributed CEF switching of Frame Relay packets

  • Distributed CEF switching during packet fragmentation

  • Load balancing on a per destination/source host pair or per packet basis

  • Network accounting to gather byte and packet statistics

  • Distributed CEF switching across IP tunnels

See Chapter 5, "Configuring Cisco Express Forwarding," for information on enabling these features.

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