VRF-related System-Max Values

The default FastIron configuration does not allow space for VRF routing tables. As a result, you must modify VRF-related system-max values before configuring a VRF instance. The following table lists commands that configure system-max values at the global level.

Note: For ICX 8200, ICX 7850, and ICX 7550 devices, many system-max values are used from the forwarding profile and there is no option to change these values. When a new profile is selected, the values from the new profile are applied. Refer to the forwarding-profile command in the RUCKUS FastIron Command Reference and the "Configuration Fundamentals" chapter in the RUCKUS FastIron Management Configuration Guide for more information.

Commands for Configuring system-max Values

Command Description
ip-vrf Configures maximum VRF instances supported by the software.
ip-route Configures maximum IPv4 routes, used to initialize hardware during system init.
ip6-route Configures maximum IPv6 routes, used to initialize hardware during system init.
ip-route-default-vrf Configures maximum IPv4 routes to be allocated for the default VRF instance.
ip6-route-default-vrf Configures maximum IPv6 routes to be allocated for the default VRF instance.
ip-route-vrf Configures default maximum IPv4 routes to be allocated per user-defined VRF.
ip6-route-vrf Configures default maximum IPv6 routes to be allocated per user-defined VRF.

For the IPv4 partition, the default value for IPv4 TCAM allocation is decreased to 10,000. IPv6 TCAM allocation can then be increased from the default value of 908 to 1408. Both IPv4 and IPv6 VRF instances are planned to allocate 500 routes each.

The following table lists the ip-vrf configuration limits for the system-max command, by line card and platform.

Configuration Limits for ip-vrf with the system-max Command

Hardware Minimum Default Maximum
ICX 7550

4

32

32

ICX 7650

16

128

128

ICX 7850

16

128

128

ICX 8200

4 16 16

Additional Configuration Limits for the system-max Command for ICX 7650 Devices

Configuration

ICX 7650

Min

Default

Max

ip-route (system-max IPv4 routes that all VRFs in total can support)

98304

98304

131072

ip6-route (system-max IPv6 routes that all VRFs in total can support)

5120

5120

7168

ip-route-default-vrf (system-max IPv4 routes configuration for default-VRF)

256

65536

131072

ip-route-vrf (default system-max IPv4 routes per non-default-VRF instances)

64

4096

131072

ip6-route-default-vrf (system-max IPv6 routes configuration for default-VRF)

64

2048

7168

ip6-route-vrf (default system-max IPv6 routes per non-default-VRF instances, for 3rd generation line cards)

16

1024

7168

Additional Configuration Limits for the system-max Command for ICX 8200 Devices

Configuration

ICX 8200

Min

Default

Max

ip-route-default-vrf (system-max IPv4 routes configuration for default-VRF)

1024

8192

16384

ip-route-vrf (default system-max IPv4 routes per non-default-VRF instances)

128

512

16384

ip6-route-default-vrf (system-max IPv6 routes configuration for default-VRF)

43

1170

4096

ip6-route-vrf (default system-max IPv6 routes per non-default-VRF instances)

30

585

4096

The following table lists ip-route and ip6-route configuration limits for the system-max command for ICX 7150 devices. Values vary depending on the IPv6 prefix length.

Configuration Limits for ip-route and ip6-route on RUCKUS ICX 7150 Devices

Configuration Min Default Max
ip-route 20 800 1000
ip6-route 20 220 1000

ip6-route

(prefix length 65 – 128)

20 256 256

The following table lists values for ip-cache and ip6-cache for the system-max command for ICX 7150 devices.

Configuration Limits for ip-cache and ip6-cache on RUCKUS ICX 7150 Devices

Configuration Min Default Max
ip-cache 20 2048 4076
ip6-cache 10 1024 2048

The following examples illustrate the system-max values to support two VRF instances for IPv4 and two instances for IPv6:

  • To allocate 2 x 500 routes for IPv4 user-VRF, (10000 - (500+500) = 9000 routes):
device(config)# system-max ip-route-default-vrf 9000 
Total max configured ipv4 routes are 12000
  - Max ipv4 routes configured for default VRF are 9000
  - Max ipv4 routes available for all non-default VRFs are 3000
Warning: Please revalidate these values to be valid for your configuration.
Reload required.  Please write memory and then reload or power cycle.
device#
  • To allocate 2 x 500 routes for IPv6 user-VRF (1408 - (500+500) = 408):
device(config)# system-max ip6-route-default-vrf 408
Total max configured ipv6 routes are 1408
  - Max ipv6 routes configured for default VRF are 408
  - Max ipv6 routes available for all non-default VRFs are 1000
Warning: Please revalidate these values to be valid for your configuration.
Reload required.  Please write memory and then reload or power cycle.
device#
  • To allocate 500 routes for IPv6 user-VRF:
device# system-max ip6-route-vrf 500
Reload required.  Please write memory and then reload or power cycle.
device# end

  • To save the configuration changes:
    device# write memory
    Write startup-config done.
  • After the system reloads, the system-max configuration appears as an active configuration.
!
system-max ip-route 12000
system-max ip6-route 5120
system-max ip-route-default-vrf 9000
system-max ip6-route-default-vrf 5120
system-max ip-route-vrf 500
system-max ip6-route-vrf 500
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