Description

Q> Is lean-edge default on ACX7020?

Ans > Yes supported


Q> Is cloud-metro supported?

Ans > yes


Q> Is carrier-ethernet supported?

Ans > No it is not


Q> Is bng supported?

Ans > No it is not






Symptoms

Can you please help confirm these questions below and send documents to support this?

1) Is "lean-edge" default profile

2) How to verify which is the current/active profile rather than "show configuration" for checking

3) Is profile "carrier-ethernet" available on ACX7020, if so, how to enable it

4) Given that ACX7020 is used as Metro ethernet switch doing Layer2 switching, QinQ, Vlan operations...There is no requirement for EVPN/VXLAN/MPLS/VRF. Which profile is the correct for this use case?

Solution

labroot@jtac-acx7020-r2001> start shell user root 

Password: 

[vrf:none] root@jtac-acx7020-r2001:~# vty fpc0

 

root@jtac-acx7020-r2001:pfe> show evo-pfemand mdb-info 

User Config   : Profile:lean-edge         Kaps:1

Max possible mac limit for this profile:85000


Q> Is lean-edge default on ACX7020?

 

Ans > Default Profile is lean-edge

root@jtac-acx7020-r2001:pfe> show evo-pfemand mdb-info 

User Config   : Profile:lean-edge         Kaps:1

Max possible mac limit for this profile:85000

 

TableName     Type    Capacity  EntrySize

=================================================

TCAM            0     0

KAPS1   KAPS (LPM)    1572864  0

KAPS2   KAPS (LPM)    65536   0

ISEM1   Exact Match   65536   30

ISEM2   Exact Match   81920   30

ISEM3   Exact Match   65536   30

INLIF1  Direct Access  65536   60

INLIF2  Direct Access  32768   60

INLIF3  Direct Access  32768   60

IVSI   Direct Access  21846   90

LEM    Exact Match   393216  30

IOEM1   Exact Match   49152   30

IOEM2   Exact Match   65536   30

MAP    Direct Access  0     0

FEC1   Direct Access  32768   150

FEC2   Direct Access  26215   150

FEC3   Direct Access  32768   150

PPMC   Exact Match   98304   30

GLEM1   Exact Match   65536   30

GLEM2   Exact Match   65536   30

EEDB1   EEDB       32768   0

EEDB2   EEDB       32768   0

EEDB3   EEDB       32768   0

EEDB4   EEDB       32768   0

EEDB5   EEDB       16384   0

EEDB6   EEDB       16384   0

EEDB7   EEDB       16384   0

EEDB8   EEDB       16384   0

EOEM1   Exact Match   32768   30

EOEM2   Exact Match   49152   30

ESEM   Exact Match   65536   30

EVSI   Direct Access  32768   30

SEXEM1  Exact Match   65536   30

SEXEM2  Exact Match   0     0

SEXEM3  Exact Match   0     0

LEXEM   Exact Match   131072  30

RMEP_EM  Exact Match   65536   30

 

root@jtac-acx7020-r2001:pfe> exit 

 

Q> Is cloud-metro supported?

Ans > Yes it is. Now if you want to change lean-edge to cloud-metro

 

Then, Apply below

 

root@jtac-acx7020-r2001# set system packet-forwarding-options hw-db-profile cloud-metro 

 

[edit]

root@jtac-acx7020-r2001# show | compare 

[edit]

+ system {

+   packet-forwarding-options {

+     hw-db-profile {

+       cloud-metro;

+     }

+   }

+ }

 

[edit]

root@jtac-acx7020-r2001# commit check 

configuration check succeeds

 

Post doing it PFE would be re-initialized

 

root@jtac-acx7020-r2001:pfe> show evo-pfemand mdb-info   

PFE initialization is not completed yet, please wait...!

 

root@jtac-acx7020-r2001:pfe> show evo-pfemand mdb-info   

User Config   : Profile:cloud-metro        Kaps:1

Max possible mac limit for this profile:270000

 

TableName     Type    Capacity  EntrySize

=================================================

TCAM            0     0

KAPS1   KAPS (LPM)    917504  0

KAPS2   KAPS (LPM)    65536   0

ISEM1   Exact Match   65536   30

ISEM2   Exact Match   49152   30

ISEM3   Exact Match   49152   30

INLIF1  Direct Access  65536   60

INLIF2  Direct Access  65536   60

INLIF3  Direct Access  65536   60

IVSI   Direct Access  21846   90

LEM    Exact Match   1245184  30

IOEM1   Exact Match   49152   30

IOEM2   Exact Match   49152   30

MAP    Direct Access  0     0

FEC1   Direct Access  26215   150

FEC2   Direct Access  13108   150

FEC3   Direct Access  26215   150

PPMC   Exact Match   65536   30

GLEM1   Exact Match   65536   30

GLEM2   Exact Match   65536   30

EEDB1   EEDB       32768   0

EEDB2   EEDB       32768   0

EEDB3   EEDB       32768   0

EEDB4   EEDB       32768   0

EEDB5   EEDB       16384   0

EEDB6   EEDB       16384   0

EEDB7   EEDB       0     0

EEDB8   EEDB       0     0

EOEM1   Exact Match   32768   30

EOEM2   Exact Match   32768   30

ESEM   Exact Match   49152   30

EVSI   Direct Access  16384   30

SEXEM1  Exact Match   65536   30

SEXEM2  Exact Match   0     0

SEXEM3  Exact Match   0     0

LEXEM   Exact Match   131072  30

RMEP_EM  Exact Match   65536   30

 

 

The only difference i see is the MAC limit difference in both the profiles lean-edge has 85000 whereas cloud-metro has 270,000

 

Where as if you try to change it then below options are listed, doing so will restart the PFE as I demonstrated above

 

root@jtac-acx7020-r2001# set system packet-forwarding-options hw-db-profile ?

Possible completions:

+ apply-groups     Groups from which to inherit configuration data

+ apply-groups-except Don't inherit configuration data from these groups

 cloud-metro     Selects Cloud-Metro DB profile, restarts PFE

 lean-edge      Selects Lean Edge max IPv4/IPv6 FIB DB profile, restarts PFE

 srv6-scale      Selects SRv6 VPN SID scale DB profile, restarts PFE

 

Modification History

2026-08-14 : Article Created