system-max ip6-cache

Configures the maximum number of IPv6 cache entries.
Syntax
system-max ip6-cache value
no system-max ip6-cache value
Command Default

For ICX 7550 devices, the default number of IPv6 cache entries is 5120. For ICX 7650 devices, the default number of IPv4 cache entries is 1024. For ICX 7850 devices, the default number of IPv6 cache entries is 4096. For ICX 8100 and ICX 8200 devices, the default number of IPv6 cache entries is 365.

Parameters
value
Specifies the maximum number of IPv6 cache entries. For ICX 7550 devices, valid values range from 68 through 8192. For ICX 7650 devices, valid values range from 1024 through 2048. For ICX 7850 devices, valid values range from 1024 through 65536. ForICX 8100 and ICX 8200 devices, valid values range from 34 through 1024.
Modes

Global configuration mode

Usage Guidelines

For ICX 7850 and ICX 7550 devices, when the maximum number of ARP table entries is changed, the maximum number of IPv6 cache entries is set to the same value. Refer to the system-max ip-arp and the system-max ip-static-arp for more information.

The no form of the command removes the configured maximum number of IPv6 cache entries and restores the default.

Examples

The following example sets the maximum number of IPv6 cache entries to 5120 for an ICX 7850 device.

ICX7850# configure terminal
ICX7850(config)# system-max ip6-cache 5120

The following example sets the maximum number of IPv6 cache entries to 8192 for anICX 7550 device.

ICX7850# configure terminal
ICX7550(config)# system-max ip6-neighbor-cache 8192

History
Release version Command history
08.0.95 The maximum number of IPv6 cache entries was enhanced for ICX 7850 devices. Support was introduced for ICX 7550 devices.