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Timeline for answer to When *not* to create a SVI for a L2 VLAN? by Daniel Dib

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May 22, 2013 at 18:29 comment added Ricky Translation: it takes up tcam/fib/idb/etc space that could be used for other desirable functions.
May 22, 2013 at 9:07 comment added Daniel Dib Sorry, what I meant was that I don't think it's best practice to create a SVI but I don't see any harm in doing it either. Edited my answer.
May 22, 2013 at 9:06 history edited Daniel Dib CC BY-SA 3.0
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May 22, 2013 at 9:03 comment added generalnetworkerror It's a requirement to not have the SVI with an IP. That would create a routing table entry and really mess with routing with the load-balancer. I understand the counters only increment when not hardware switched.
May 22, 2013 at 8:59 history answered Daniel Dib CC BY-SA 3.0