Users Guide

Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the C9010.
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000, S6000-ON, and Z9500 switch.
Example
Dell#show hardware forwarding-table mode
Current Settings Next Boot Settings
Mode : Default scaled-l3-hosts
L2 MAC Entries : 160K 96K
L3 Host Entries : 144K 208K
L3 Route Entries : 16K 16K
Dell#
Related
Commands
hardware forwarding-table mode — selects the mode to initialize the maximum scalability size for L2
MAC table or L3 Host table or L3 Route table.
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.
Related
Commands
show hardware forwarding-table mode — displays the hardware forwarding table mode in the current
boot and in the next boot.
496 Content Addressable Memory (CAM)