Description

After increasing MTU size for the AE interfaces, EX4600/QFX5100 ERPS ring breaks with tcam errors.

 

Jun 7 03:45:29 device fpc2 ERROR (dfw): Cannot program filter
erp-bd-filter--3 (type IVACL) - TCAM has 0 free entries and the filter change requires 4 free entries

 

Symptoms

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user@device# set interfaces ae0 mtu 9216 

 

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user@device# set interfaces ae1 mtu 9216   

 

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user@device# commit 

configuration check succeeds

commit complete

 

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user@device# 

Message from syslogd@device at Oct 27 16:16:48 ...

device pfex: list_destroy(): ae intf match delete list: non-empty list (2)

 

Message from syslogd@device at Oct 27 16:16:49 ...

device fpc0 list_destroy(): ae intf match delete list: non-empty list (2) 

 

Message from syslogd@device at Oct 27 16:16:48 ...

device pfex: DFWE DFW: Cannot program filter erp-bd-filter--7 (type IVACL) - TCAM has 0 free entries and the filter change requires 4 free entries

 

Message from syslogd@device at Oct 27 16:16:49 ...

device fpc0 DFWE DFW: Cannot program filter erp-bd-filter--7 (type IVACL) - TCAM has 0 free entries and the filter change requires 4 free entries 

 

Message from syslogd@device at Oct 27 16:16:48 ...

device pfex: DFWE DFW: Cannot program filter erp-bd-filter--7 (type IVACL) - TCAM has 0 free entries and the filter change requires 3 free entries

 

Message from syslogd@device at Oct 27 16:16:49 ...

device fpc0 DFWE DFW: Cannot program filter erp-bd-filter--7 (type IVACL) - TCAM has 0 free entries and the filter change requires 3 free entries 

 

Message from syslogd@device at Oct 27 16:16:48 ...

device pfex: DFWE DFW: Cannot program filter erp-bd-filter--7 (type IVACL) - TCAM has 0 free entries and the filter change requires 4 free entries

 

Message from syslogd@device at Oct 27 16:16:49 ...

Message from syslogd@device at Oct 27 16:16:49 ...

Message from syslogd@device at Oct 27 16:16:49 ...

device fpc0 DFWE DFW: Cannot program filte

 

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user@device# 

 

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user@device# run show protection-group ethernet-ring interface   

 

Ethernet ring port parameters for protection group rsna1

 

Interface Control Channel Direction Forward State RPL End SF   Admin State

ae0    ae0.0      east    discarding   No    Clear IFF ready

ae1    ae1.0      west    forwarding   No    Clear IFF ready

 

Solution

Problem will be resolved via software upgrade.


Resolved-In

junos:21.4R3-S13

Modification History

2026-06-11 : Article Created