Cisco ASR 9000 Series User Configuration Manual page 24

Configuring the Scale Profile
The scale profile should be configured in the administration configuration. If you previously configured
Note
the L3 scale profile in the global configuration, the following limitations apply:
• If the scale profile is set only in the global configuration, the setting takes affect.
• Scale profile settings in the administration configuration override scale profile settings in the global
• Cisco recommends that you configure all scale profile settings in the administration configuration
SUMMARY STEPS
1. admin
2. configure
3. hw-module profile scale{default | l3 | l3xl}
4. commit
5. reload location all
6. show running-config
7. show hw-module profile
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action
Step 1
admin
Example:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router# admin
Step 2 configure
Example:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(admin)# configure
Step 3 hw-module profile scale{default | l3 | l3xl}
Example:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(admin-config)#
hw-module profile
scale l3xl
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In order to activate this new memory
resource profile,
you must manually reboot the system.
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configuration.
and remove the global configuration settings. For more information, refer to
Profile from the Global Configuration, on page 9.
Purpose
Enters administration EXEC mode.
Enters administration configuration mode.
Specifies the scale profile for the router.
• default—efficient for deployments that require large Layer 2
MAC tables (up to 512,000 entries) and a relatively small number
of Layer 3 routes (less than 512,000).
• l3—efficient for deployments that require more Layer 3 routes
(up to 1 million) and smaller Layer 2 MAC tables (less than
128,000 entries).
• l3xl—efficient for deployments that require a very large number
of Layer 3 routes (up to 1.3 million) and minimal Layer 2
Configuring Profiles
Removing the Scale