Cisco Cisco IOS Software Release 12.0(21)S
Per-Packet Load Balancing
Glossary
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Glossary
Cisco Express Forwarding—A high performance IP forwarding path. Forwarding can be done in
software or hardware.
software or hardware.
FP—Forwarding processor.
IP—Internet protocol.
path—A valid route to reach a destination IP prefix. Specified in terms of a next-hop IP address and
output interface.
output interface.
PPLB—Per-packet load-balancing.
RP—Route processor.
session—A unidirectional end-to-end IP communication between two IP nodes. All packets in the
session have the same source and destination address.
session have the same source and destination address.
Note
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for terms not included in this glossary.
Any Internet Protocol (IP) addresses used in this document are not intended to be actual addresses. Any examples, command display output, and
figures included in the document are shown for illustrative purposes only. Any use of actual IP addresses in illustrative content is unintentional and
coincidental.
figures included in the document are shown for illustrative purposes only. Any use of actual IP addresses in illustrative content is unintentional and
coincidental.
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