Administrator Guide

cam-threshold
Configure CAM threshold value for sending the syslog message on CAM usage. Configure silence period for stop receiving
syslog message on CAM usage.
Syntax
cam-threshold threshold {default | threshold-percent} silence-period
{default | silence-period-value}
Defaults
Enabled
Parameters
threshold default
Enter the keyword default for CAM usage threshold for notification of the CAM
usage through syslog message. The default threshold value is 90 percent.
threshold
threshold-
percent
Enter the threshold percent for notification of the CAM usage through syslog
message. The range is from 1 to 100 percent.
silence-period
default
Enter the keyword default to set the silence period for receiving syslog message
regarding CAM usage for CAM region, slot/portpipe. The default silence period is 0
seconds.
silence-period
silence-period-
value
Enter the silence period for stop receiving syslog message for the respective CAM
region, slot/portpipe. The range is from 0 to 65535 seconds.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Supported Modes
Command
History
Version Description
9.13.0.0 Introduced on the MXL, FN IOM, S5000, S4048-ON, S6000, S6000-ON, S3048-
ON, S3100 Series, C9010, S4048T-ON, Z9500, Z9100-ON, S6100-ON, S6010-ON.
Usage
Information
The no cam-threshold command will set the CAM threshold to 90 percent and silence period to 0.
The CAM threshold and silence period configuration is applicable only for Ingress L2, IPv4, IPv6 and
Egress L2, IPv4, and IPv6 ACL CAM groups. For other ACL CAM regions, the CAM threshold and silence
period is not configurable and the values are fixed to 90 percent and 0 respectively.
Example
DellEMC(conf)#cam-threshold threshold 2 silence-period 2
DellEMC(conf)#do show running-config | g cam-threshold
cam-threshold threshold 2 silence-period 2
show cam-acl
Display the details of the CAM profiles on the chassis and all stack units.
C9000 Series
Syntax
show cam-acl
Defaults none
Command Modes EXEC Privilege
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
504 Content Addressable Memory (CAM)