forwarding-profile

Configures a forwarding profile.
Syntax
forwarding-profile { profile1 | profile2 | profile3 |profile4 }
no forwarding-profile { profile1 | profile2 | profile3 |profile4 }
Command Default

The default forwarding profile is profile1.

Parameters
profile1

Specifies the default forwarding profile.

profile2

Specifies the non-default forwarding profile, profile2.

profile3

Specifies the non-default forwarding profile, profile3.

profile4

Specifies the non-default forwarding profile, profile4.

Modes

Global configuration mode

Usage Guidelines

This command is not supported for RUCKUS ICX 7150 and ICX 7650 devices.

The profile4 keyword is not supported for RUCKUS ICX 8200, ICX 8100, and ICX 7550 devices.

This command can be used only during the initialization process. The selected forwarding profile is available after a reload. After using the forwarding-profile command, you must use the write-memory and reload commands to place the change into effect.

When the forwarding profile is changed using this command, the maximum system parameters for IPv4 routes, IPv6 routes, IGMP groups, MLD groups, PIM mcache, and PIMv6 mcache take the value from the configured profile. The IP route default VRF, IP route VRF, IPv6 route VRF, and IPv6 default VRF are reset.

For ICX 8200 devices, non-optimization of Multicast snooping and Routing is not supported for Profile 3.

System-max Entries Set for a Forwarding Profile for ICX 8200 Devices

System-max entries profile1 profile2 profile3

MAC addresses

32768

32768

32768

IPV4 routes

16384

4096

16384

IPV6 routes

4096

8192

4096

IGMP snooping cache entries

1000

1000

4096

IGMP snooping group addresses

1000

1000

4096

MLD snooping cache entries

512

512

512

MLD snooping group addresses

512

512

512

PIMv4 mcache entries

1000

1000

4096

PIMv6 mcache entries

512

512

512

IP next hops

7168

7168

2048

System-max Entries Set for a Forwarding Profile for ICX 8100 Devices

System-max entries profile1 profile2 profile3

MAC addresses

32768

32768

32768

IPV4 routes

16384

4096

16384

IPV6 routes

4096

8192

4096

IGMP snooping cache entries

1000

1000

4096

IGMP snooping group addresses

1000

1000

4096

MLD snooping cache entries

512

512

512

MLD snooping group addresses

512

512

512

PIMv4 mcache entries

1000

1000

4096

PIMv6 mcache entries

512

512

512

IP next hops

7168

7168

2048

System-max Entries Set for a Forwarding Profile for ICX 7850 Devices

System-max entries

profile1 (L3: Layer 3)

profile2 (L2: Layer 2)

profile3 (SP: service provider)

profile4

MAC addresses

32768

294912

56320

163840

IPV4 routes

307200

16384

43008

131072

IPV6 routes

11264

4096

35840

11264

IGMP snooping cache entries

6144

6144

8192

6144

IGMP snooping group addresses

6144

6144

8192

6144

MLD snooping cache entries

2048

2048

6144

2048

MLD snooping group addresses

2048

2048

6144

2048

PIMv4 mcache entries

6144

6144

8192

6144

PIMv6 mcache entries

2048

2048

8192

2048

IP next-hop

62464

47104

57344

40960

System-max Entries Set for a Forwarding Profile for ICX 7550 Devices

System-max entries

profile1 (L3: Layer 3)

profile2 (L2: Layer 2)

profile3 (Balanced)

MAC addresses

16384

114688

32768

IPV4 routes

97280

8192

21504

IPV6 routes

8192

2048

17408

IGMP snooping cache entries

6144

6144

6144

IGMP snooping group addresses

6144

6144

6144

MLD snooping cache entries

2048

2048

2048

MLD snooping group addresses

2048

2048

2048

PIMv4 mcache entries

6144

6144

6144

PIMv6 mcache entries

2048

2048

2048

IP next-hop

21504

21504

21504

When profile3 is used for ICX 7850 devices, it is recommended to configure the maximum number of IPv6 neighbors to 65536. Refer to the system-max ip6-neighbor command for more information.

When profile3 is used for ICX 7850 devices, PIMv4 and PIMv6 can simultaneously scale to 8192 mcache entries each.

When uRPF is enabled, scaling numbers for IPv4 and IPv6 routes are halved for ICX 7850 devices.

The no form of the command restores the default forwarding profile, profile1.

Examples

The following example configures the predefined forwarding profile “profile2” for an ICX 7850 device.

ICX7850# configure terminal
ICX7850(config)# forwarding-profile profile2

Perform a write mem and reload for profile2 profile to take effect

The following example configures the default forwarding profile “profile1” for an ICX 7850 device if another forwarding profile has already been configured.

ICX7850# configure terminal
device(config)# forwarding-profile profile1

Perform a write mem and reload for profile1 profile to take effect

The following example configures the predefined forwarding profile “profile3” for an ICX 7550 device.

ICX7550# configure terminal
ICX7550(config)# forwarding-profile profile3
Perform a write mem and reload for profile3 profile to take effect
The profile supports the following values
Parameter-name                  profile3
mac                                32768
ip-route                           21504
ip6-route                          17408
igmp-snoop-mcache                   6144
igmp-snoop-group-add                6144
mld-snoop-mcache                    8192
mld-snoop-group-addr                8192
pim-hw-mcache                       6144
pim6-hw-mcache                      2048
hw-ip-next-hop                     21504

Default and Max values of the following system-max parameters will be adjusted as
shown below
These system parameters will get reset to their default values. If required, please 
reconfigure them after reload.
System Parameter               Default                                       Max                                                                                                                     imum

ip-route-default-vrf           10752                                         215                                                                                                                   04
ip-route-vrf                   672                                           215                                                                                                                     04
ip6-route-default-vrf          4975                                          174                                                                                                                     08
ip6-route-vrf                  2487                                          174                                                                                                                     08
The following configuration will get reset to their default values. If required, 
please reconfigure them after reload.
address-family ipv4|ipv6 max-route, ip igmp max-group-addresses, ipv6 mld max-group-addresses

History
Release version Command history
08.0.90 This command was introduced for ICX 7850 devices.
08.0.95 Support was added for ICX 7550 devices. All profiles were updated to include configurations for next hops and routes. For ICX 7850 devices, the profile3 and profile4 keywords were added.
10.0.00 Support was added for ICX 8200 devices.
10.0.10f Support was added for ICX 8100 devices.