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required. By default, Dell Networking OS initializes the table sizes to UFT mode 2 prole, since it provides a reasonable shared memory for
all the tables. The other supported UFT modes are scaled-l3–hosts (UFT mode 3) and scaled-l3–routes (UFT mode 4).
Table 12. UFT Modes — Table Size
UFT Mode L2 MAC Table Size L3 Host Table Size L3 LPM Table Size
Default 72K 72K 16K
Scaled-l3-hosts 8K 136K 16K
Scaled-l3-routes 8K 8K 128K
Scaled-l2–switch 136K 8K 16K
Conguring UFT Modes
To congure the Unied Forwarding Table (UFT) modes, follow these steps.
1 Select a mode to initialize the maximum scalability size for L2 MAC table or L3 Host table or L3 Route table.
CONFIGURATION
hardware forwarding-table mode
Dell(conf)#hardware forwarding-table mode ?
scaled-l2-switch Forwarding table mode for scaling L2 Switch entries
scaled-l3-hosts Forwarding table mode for scaling L3 host entries
scaled-l3-routes Forwarding table mode for scaling L3 route entries
Dell(conf)#hardware forwarding-table mode scaled-l3-hosts
Hardware forwarding-table mode is changed. Save the configuration and reload to take effect.
Dell(conf)#end
Dell#write memory
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config in flash by admin
Dell#
2 Display the hardware forwarding table mode in the current boot and in the next boot.
EXEC Privilege
show hardware forwarding-table mode
Dell#show hardware forwarding-table mode
Current Settings Next Boot Settings
Mode : Default scaled-l3-hosts
L2 MAC Entries : 72K 8K
L3 Host Entries : 72K 136K
L3 Route Entries : 16K 16K
Content Addressable Memory (CAM)
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