Estimating Memory Requirements For Routes - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Configuration Manual

Managing the Unicast RIB and FIB
S e n d d o c u m e n t c o m m e n t s t o n e x u s 7 k - d o c f e e d b a c k @ c i s c o . c o m .
DETAILED STEPS
Command
Step 1
show hardware forwarding dynamic-allocation status
Example:
switch# show hardware forwarding dynamic-allocation status
Num 288 bit blocks : 1 (Same as default setting)
Num 144 bit blocks : 7 (Different from default setting)
Num 72 bit blocks : 9 (Different from default setting))
Step 2
show hardware capacity | begin TCAM
Example:
switch# show hardware capacity | begin TCAM
Note: IPv4 Multicast/IPv6 Unicast entries share one FIB TCAM entry
pool
Module 7 usage:
Route Type Used
(Log/Phys)
-------------------------------------------------------------------
------
IPv4 Unicast
IPv4 Multicast: 4/8
IPv6 Unicast:
IPv6 Multicast: 5/20
Step 3
Reduce route updates from neighbor routers until the TCAM usage is
below the default allocation.
Step 4
hardware forwarding dynamic-allocation disable
Example:
switch# hardware forwarding dynamic-allocation disable

Estimating Memory Requirements for Routes

You can estimate the memory that a number of routes and next-hop addresses will use.
To estimate the memory requirements for routes, use the following command in any mode:
Command
show routing memory estimate routes
num-routes next-hops num-nexthops
Example:
switch# show routing memory estimate
routes 5000 next-hops 16
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 4.x
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%Used Free
(Log/Phys)
5/5 0 57339/57339
0 16380/32760
6/12 0 16378/32756
0 2043/8172
Chapter 15
%Free Total
(Log/Phys)
99 57344/57344
99 16384/32768
99 16384/32768
99 2048/8192
Purpose
Displays the memory requirements for routes. The
num-routes range is from 1000 to 112000. The
num-nexthops range is from 1 to 16.
Managing the Unicast RIB and FIB
Purpose
Displays information about the
TCAM allocation.
Displays information about the
number of routes in each TCAM
section.
You must prevent neighbors from
sending more route updates than the
TCAM can handle based on the
default allocation. The TCAM entries
will time out and reduce the TCAM
load to below the default allocation.
Disables dynamic TCAM allocation.
Default is enabled.
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