Reference Guide

hardware forwarding-table mode

Select a mode to initialize the maximum scalability size for L2 MAC table or L3 Host table or L3 Route

table.

Syntax

hardware forwarding-table mode {scaled-l3- hosts | scaled-l3-

routes}

Parameters

scaled-l3–

hosts

Enter the keyword scaled-l3–hosts to select the

forwarding table mode for scaling l3 host entries..

scaled-l3–

routes

Enter the keyword scaled-l3–routes to select the

forwarding table mode for scaling l3 route entries.

Defaults UFT mode 2

Command Modes CONFIGURATION

Command History

This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms,

refer to the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.

The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.

Version Description

9.9(0.0) Introduced on the C9010.

9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000, S6000-ON, and Z9500 switch..

Usage Information This command takes effect only after reboot.

On the C9010, OpenFlow supports only the scaled-l3-hosts hardware forwarding-

table mode (UFT mode 3), providing a unified forwarding table (UFT) of:

• L2 MAC entries: 160K

• L3 host entries: 144K

• L3 route entries: 16K

OpenFlow does not support the scaled-l3-routes forwarding-table mode (UFT

mode 4) on the C9010.

Commands

show hardware forwarding-table mode — displays the hardware forwarding table

mode in the current boot and in the next boot.

Content Addressable Memory (CAM)

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