TCAM profiles

Note

Note

TCAM profiles other than default are supported only on Extreme 8820, SLX 9740, SLX 9640, and SLX 9540.

TCAM is used by various forwarding applications. A TCAM profile supports a specified group of forwarding applications.

The following TCAM profiles are supported:

TCAM Profile Scaling (on SLX 9540, SLX 9640, SLX 9740, and Extreme 8820)

For Extreme 8820, SLX 9740, SLX 9640, and SLX 9540 devices, the following table displays maximum TCAM entries by features and TCAM profile.

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TCAM-entries available per profile (Extreme 8820, SLX 9740, SLX 9640, and SLX 9540 devies)

* For shared limits, the TCAM is filled using first-come first-served.

** DB is shared with L2 and L3 control protocol features.

NS = not supported.

RL = rate limiting.

BD = bridge domain.

TCAM Profile Scaling (SLX 9150, SLX 9250, Extreme 8520, and Extreme 8720 devices)

For Extreme 8720, Extreme 8520, SLX 9250, and SLX 9150 devices, the following table displays maximum TCAM entries by features. The only TCAM profile supported is default.

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Maximum TCAM entries by features

* For shared limits, the TCAM is filled using first-come first-served.

** DB is shared with L2 ctrl protocol, L3 protocol, and so forth.

NS = not supported.

RL = rate limiting.

BD = bridge domain.

Table 1. TCAM Profile Feature Support (SLX 9740/Extreme 8820)
TCAM Profile Feature Default IPv6 Optimised
INGRESS Ingress L2 MAC ACLs Supported Supported
Ingress IPv4 ACLs (ACLs, PBR, RACL, RL, RACL-RL, v4Broadcast ACL) Supported Supported
Ingress IPv6 ACLs (ACLs, PBR, RL, RACL, RACL-RL)​ Supported Supported
VLL(PWE + VXLAN) Supported
BUM RL, PORT RL, VLAN RL + BD RL Supported
Tunnel Supported Supported
App telemetry Not Supported Not Supported
XC stat Supported Supported
EGRESS Egress Ipv6 acl Not Supported Supported
Egress L2 ACL (ACL, RL) Supported Supported
Egress IPv4 ACL Supported Supported

For scale information, refer Scale and Standards Matrix document for this version.