Lucent Technologies P550 User Manual
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Monitoring and Configuring the Forwarding Cache (Layer 3)
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Cajun P550/P220 Switch Operation Guide
2. Use Table 11-1 to complete your fowarding cache configuration:
Table 11-1. Layer 3 Cache Configuration - Tree Configuration
Tree Configuration
Field...
For the
protocol...
Allows you to...
Hash Depth
IP Unicast
IP Multicast
IPX
Configure the hash depth for IP unicast, IP
multicast, and IPX datagrams. Choices
include:
• Hash-8 - An 8-bit memory bucket used
to store information about the source or
destination protocol address (or both).
• Hash -10 - A 10-bit memory bucket used
to store information about the source or
destination protocol address (or both).
• Hash-12 - A 12-bit memory bucket used
to store information about the source or
destination protocol address (or both).
Hash Mode
IP Unicast
IP Multicast
IPX
Configure the table hash lookup mode for the
IP unicast, IP multicast and IPX forwarding
table. Choices include:
• DA-only - Forwarding entries input to
the forwarding table are limited to using
protocol destination address only.
• SA-DA - Forwarding entries input to the
forwarding table are limited to using
destination and source address only.
Aging
IP Unicast
IP Multicast
IPX
Configure the IP unicast, IP multicast, or IPX
forwarding table entry aging status as either
enabled or disabled.
Age Interval IP Unicast
IP Multicast
IPX
The IP unicast, IP multicast, or IPX
forwarding table entry aging period (in
seconds). The default value is 120 seconds.
Maximum
Entries
IP Unicast
IP Multicast
IPX
The number of active entries in the IP
unicast, IP multicast, or IPX forwarding table.
This is the maximum number of active
entries per fabric port. Additional flows are
forwarded by the supervisor module. The
default value is 15000.