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Content Addressable Memory (CAM)
You can use content addressable memory (CAM) commands to configure the amount of memory allocated to CAM memory
partitions.
NOTE: Not all CAM commands are supported on all platforms. Be sure to note the platform when looking for a command.
NOTE: If you are using these features for the first time, contact Dell EMC Networking Technical Assistance Center (TAC)
for guidance.
Topics:
• cam-acl (Configuration)
• cam-acl-egress
• cam-optimization
• cam-threshold
• show cam-acl
• show cam-usage
• test cam-usage
cam-acl (Configuration)
Select the default CAM allocation settings or reconfigure a new CAM allocation for Layer 2, IPv4, and IPv6 ACLs, Layer 2 and
Layer 3 (IPv4) QoS, Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling (L2PT), IP and MAC source address validation for DHCP, Ethernet Connectivity
Fault Management (CFM) ACLs, OpenFlow, and Policy-based Routing (PBR).
Syntax
cam-acl {default | l2acl number ipv4acl number ipv6acl number ipv4qos
number l2qos number l2pt number ipmacacl number [vman-qos | vman-dual-
qos number] ecfmacl number [nlbclusteracl number] ipv4pbr number }openflow
number | fcoe number} [iscsioptacl number] [vrfv4acl number]
Parameters
default Use the default CAM profile settings and set the CAM as follows:
● L2Acl : 6
● IPV4Acl : 4
● IPV6Acl : 0
● IPV4Qos : 2
● L2Qos : 1
● L2PT : 0
● IpMacAcl : 0
● VmanQos : 0
● VmanDualQos : 0
●
EcfmAcl : 0
● nlbclusteracl: 0
● FcoeAcl : 0
● iscsiOptAcl : 0
● ipv4pbr : 0
● vrfv4Acl :0
● Openflow : 0
● fedgovacl : 0
l2acl number Enter the keyword l2acl and then the number of l2acl blocks. The range is from 1
to 8.
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