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Re: Catalyst 6500 High Switch Proc
From: Jon Lewis <jlewis () lewis org>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:23:23 -0500 (EST)
On Sat, 15 Nov 2008, Philip L. wrote:
This is on a Sup720-3BXL by the way: 'sh mls netflow table-con detailed:' Earl in Module 5 Detailed Netflow CAM (TCAM and ICAM) Utilization ================================================ TCAM Utilization : 100% ICAM Utilization : 6% Netflow TCAM count : 262024 Netflow ICAM count : 8 Netflow Creation Failures : 2085847 Netflow CAM aliases : 0
This looks like the same issue I ran into not long ago. Switch your netflow over from full to sampled...you lose lots of data, but your hardware can't handle full netflow for your traffic level.
AFAIK, your only other options are to mess with the mls aging timers (shorten them) or buy cards with DFC and hope that gets you enough additional netflow capacity for the interfaces your collecting.
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- Re: Catalyst 6500 High Switch Proc Florian Weimer (Nov 15)
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- Re: Catalyst 6500 High Switch Proc Jon Lewis (Nov 15)
- Re: Catalyst 6500 High Switch Proc Kevin Loch (Nov 15)
- Re: Catalyst 6500 High Switch Proc Jon Lewis (Nov 15)
- Re: Catalyst 6500 High Switch Proc Ross Vandegrift (Nov 17)
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