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Evaluating System Performance

The first step is to determine whether the use of an ACL affects system performance. This requires an analysis of traffic patterns, the use of device statistics, and a "process of elimination". If you suspect that the use of an ACL is degrading system performance and "Disabling Access Control" improves performance, you are ready to begin the process.

In order to perform the diagnosis, you need to generally identify routed Flows through the switch. You will need this information to match Flows against the F-chip statistics to locate the problem area.

The next step (and this will be repeated as needed) is to note the usage statistics with and without the ACL enabled.


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