Lucent Technologies P550 User Manual

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Monitoring and Configuring the Forwarding Cache (Layer 3)

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Cajun P550/P220 Switch Operation Guide

To clear the statistics only, but still leave the entry in the table, click

Clear.

3. Use Figure 11-5 to review the FE Cache fields:

Table 11-5. FE Cache Parameters

Parameter

Defines...

PRE

The Packet Routing Engine in question.

Type

The type of packet (for example, IP unicast, IP multicast).

Mode

The table mode which includes:

• DA-Only

• SA & DA

• SA only

The table mode indicates what values are used in a comparison
to determine whether or not a packet is forwarded.

Memory Use in Bytes

Memory used by each entry.

Total Entries

The number of cumulative entries since the last time the
statistics were cleared.

Current Entries

The number of active entries.

Aged Entries

The number of entries aged out.

Duplicate Add
Attempts

The number of attempts at adding some slow path entries.

Failed Add Attempts

The number of failed attempts at adding a forwarding entry.

Entries Removed Due
to Route Deletes

The number of entries removed because of route deletions.

Entries Removed Due
to Route Changes

The number of entries removed because of route changes.

Lookup Hits

Cache hits.

Lookup Misses

Cache misses.

Lookup Levels

Cache depth.

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