A router’s primary function is to switch packets efficiently and accurately. Cisco IOS
supports several switching methods. Three of them—process switching, route-cache
forwarding, and Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF)—are discussed in this appendix.
CEF is the recommended switching mechanism in routers of today’s networks that carry
thousands of short-duration flows. CEF plays a vital role in policy-routing functions
requiring a route table lookup. CEF is also a prerequisite switching mechanism for certain
QoS functions, such as QoS Policy Propagation using BGP (QPPB). Policy-based routing
and QPPB are discussed ...
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