Users Guide

View CAM Usage
View the amount of CAM space available, used, and remaining in each ACL partition using the show cam-usage command from
EXEC Privilege mode.
Example of the show cam-usage Command
Dell#show cam-usage
Stackunit|Portpipe| CAM Partition | Total CAM | Used CAM |Available CAM
========|========|=================|=============|=============|==============
0 0 | IN-L3 ACL | 512 | 1 | 511
| | IN-V6 ACL | 0 | 0 | 0
| | IN-L2 ACL | 768 | 0 | 768
| | OUT-L3 ACL | 158 | 5 | 153
| | OUT-V6 ACL | 158 | 0 | 158
| | OUT-L2 ACL | 206 | 7 | 199
7 | 0 | IN-L3 ACL | 512 | 1 | 511
| | IN-V6 ACL | 0 | 0 | 0
| | IN-L2 ACL | 768 | 0 | 768
| | OUT-L3 ACL | 158 | 5 | 153
| | OUT-V6 ACL | 158 | 0 | 158
| | OUT-L2 ACL | 206 | 7 | 199
Codes: * - cam usage is above 90%.
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CAM Optimization
When you enable the CAM optimization, if a Policy Map containing classication rules (ACL and/or DSCP/ ip-precedence rules) is
applied to more than one physical interface on the same port-pipe, only a single copy of the policy is written (only one FP entry is
used).
Troubleshoot CAM Proling
The following section describes CAM proling troubleshooting.
CAM Prole Mismatches
The CAM prole on all cards must match the system prole. In most cases, the system corrects mismatches by copying the correct
prole to the card, and rebooting the card. If three resets do not bring up the card, or if the system is running an Dell Networking OS
version prior to version 6.3.1.1, the system displays an error message. In this case, manually adjust the CAM conguration on the card
to match the system conguration.
To prevent mismatches, Dell Networking recommends the following:
• Use the eg-default CAM prole in a chassis that has only EG Series line cards. If this prole is used in a chassis with non-EG line
cards, the non-EG line cards enter a problem state.
• Before moving a card to a new chassis, change the CAM prole on a card to match the new system prole.
• After installing a secondary RPM into a chassis, copy the running-conguration to the startup-conguration.
• Change to the default prole if downgrading to a Dell Networking OS version earlier than 6.3.1.1.
• Use the CONFIGURATION mode commands so that the prole is change throughout the system.
• Use the EXEC Privilege mode commands to match the prole of a component to the prole of the target system.
QoS CAM Region Limitation
To store QoS service policies, the default CAM prole allocates a partition within the IPv4Flow region.
If the QoS CAM space is exceeded, a message similar to the following displays.
%EX2YD:12 %DIFFSERV-2-DSA_QOS_CAM_INSTALL_FAILED: Not enough space in L3
Cam(PolicyQos) for class 2 (Te 1/20) entries on portpipe 1 for linecard 1
%EX2YD:12 %DIFFSERV-2-
230
Content Addressable Memory (CAM)