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Chapter 33 Troubleshooting
Memory Consistency Check Routines
Memory Consistency Check Routines
The switch runs memory consistency check routines to detect and correct invalid ternary content
addressable memory (TCAM) table entries that can affect the performance of the switch.
If the switch cannot fix the error, it logs a system error message, specifying the TCAM space in which
the error is located:
•
Unassigned space: Unassigned TCAM table entries for the current SDM template.
•
Hulc Forwarding TCAM Manager (HFTM) space: Related to the Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding
tables.
•
Hulc Quality of Service (QoS)/access control list (ACL) TCAM Manager (HQATM) space: Related
to ACL and ACL-like tables such as QoS classification and policy routing.
The output from the
show platform tcam errors
privileged EXEC command provides information about
the TCAM memory consistency integrity on the switch.
Displaying TCAM Memory Consistency Check Errors
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, use this command to display the TCAM memory consistency
check errors detected on the switch:
This example shows information about the TCAM memory consistency integrity on the switch:
Switch#
show platform tcam errors
TCAM Memory Consistency Checker Errors
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TCAM Space Values
Masks
Fixups
Retries Failures
Unassigned 0
0
0
0
0
HFTM
0
0
0
0
0
HQATM
0
0
0
0
0
Switch#
The display provides information about TCAM portions that were checked for integrity.
Command
Purpose
show platform tcam errors
Displays TCAM memory consistency check errors in the Hulc
QoS/ACL TCAM Manager (HQATM), Hulc Forwarding TCAM
Manager (HFTM), and unassigned spaces on the TCAM.
Table 33-3
Details of Checked TCAM Portions
Column
Description
Values
The number of invalid values found in the TCAM tables.
Masks
The number of invalid masks found in the TCAM tables.
Fixups
The number of initial attempts to fix the invalid values or masks.
Retries
The number of attempts to fix the invalid values or masks.
Failures
The number of failed attempts to fix the invalid values or masks.