Cisco IOS IP Switching Configuration Guide, Release 12.4T - Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements: Removal of IP Fast Switching and Introduction of CLI Changes [Cisco IOS Software Releases 12.4 T]

Table Of Contents

Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements: Removal of IP Fast Switching and Introduction of CLI Changes

Finding Feature Information

Contents

Information About Cisco Express Forwarding

Introduction of Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements

Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements for Cisco IOS Release 12.4(20)T

Removal of Support for IPv4 Fast Switching

Removed, Obsolete, and No Longer Supported Cisco Express Forwarding Commands

Cisco Express Forwarding CLI Command Output Changes

show ip cef summary

show ipv6 cef summary

show ip cef internal

show ipv6 cef internal

show ip cef detail

show ipv6 cef detail

show ip cef <prefix> internal

show ipv6 cef <prefix> internal

show ip cef <prefix>

show ip cef exact-route <source> <destination> detail

show ip cef exact-route <source> <destination>

show ip cef adjacency <interface> <next-hop>

show adjacency summary

show adjacency detail

show adjacency internal

show cef state

show cef timers

show ip cef epoch

show ipv6 cef epoch

show ip cef unresolved detail

show ipv6 cef unresolved detail

show ipv6 cef non-recursive

New Commands for the Cisco Express Forwarding Feature

show adjacency link {ipv4 | ipv6}

show adjacency <prefix>

show adjacency <prefix> detail

show {ip | ipv6} cef tree

test cef table consistency detail

Unchanged Cisco Express Forwarding show Commands

Additional References

Related Documents

Technical Assistance

Feature Information for Cisco Express Forwarding

Glossary

Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements: Removal of IP Fast Switching and Introduction of CLI Changes

First Published: July 11, 2008

Last Updated: July 11, 2008

The purpose of this document is to describe the changes based on the Cisco Express Forwarding infrastructure scalability enhancements that have been implemented to adapt to the evolution of the Internet and to support new platforms and features. The changes are the removal of IP fast switching and the introduction of command line interface (CLI) modifications.

This document lists Cisco Express Forwarding CLI commands that are removed, replaced, changed, and new. To help you transition to the new CLI format, the document illustrates the output for new commands and changed commands.

Enhancements to Cisco Express Forwarding enable it to operate with the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Forwarding Infrastructure (MFI) and guarantee consistency across Cisco IOS release trains. Cisco Express Forwarding infrastructure changes were introduced and implemented in the Cisco IOS 12.2(25)S-based releases and were added for T releases in Cisco IOS Release 12.4(20)T.

Cisco Express Forwarding is an advanced Layer 3 IP switching technology. It optimizes network performance and scalability for all kinds of networks: those that carry small amounts of traffic and those that carry large amounts of traffic in complex patterns, such as the Internet, and networks characterized by intensive web-based applications or interactive sessions.

Finding Feature Information

Your software release may not support all the features documented in this module. For the latest feature information and caveats, see the release notes for your platform and software release. To find information about the features documented in this module, and to see a list of the releases in which each feature is supported, see the "Feature Information for Cisco Express Forwarding" section.

Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support and Cisco IOS and Catalyst OS software image support. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn. An account on Cisco.com is not required.

Contents

•Information About Cisco Express Forwarding

•Additional References

•Feature Information for Cisco Express Forwarding

•Glossary

Information About Cisco Express Forwarding

This document presents the following topics to explain the changes you will find with the implementation of the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements. This information should be helpful as you transition to Cisco IOS software that includes the Cisco Express Forwarding and MFI enhancements.

•Introduction of Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements

•Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements for Cisco IOS Release 12.4(20)T

•Removal of Support for IPv4 Fast Switching

•Removed, Obsolete, and No Longer Supported Cisco Express Forwarding Commands

•Cisco Express Forwarding CLI Command Output Changes

•New Commands for the Cisco Express Forwarding Feature

•Unchanged Cisco Express Forwarding show Commands

The fifth and sixth topics provide information about the CLI changes implemented as part of the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements. In each section, the commands that are changed are listed, followed by an explanation of how they are changed. Sample command output is included in sections to compare "before" and "after" output information and to provide new output information.

The information about the commands is presented in the following order:

•Removed or existing, but unsupported, commands

•Commands with modified output

•New commands created for output consistency

•Related commands with unchanged output

Introduction of Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements

Cisco Express Forwarding is at the heart of switching in every router. Improvements have been made to the Cisco Express Forwarding infrastructure to enhance and scale switching. Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements were introduced in Cisco IOS Release 12.2(25)S and first adopted by Cisco IOS 12.2(25)S-based releases. In Cisco IOS Release 12.4(20)T, the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements were added for Cisco IOS 12.4(20)T releases and later T-based releases.

Table 1 lists the Cisco IOS releases and platforms that support the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements and the changes described in this document.

Table 1 Cisco IOS Releases and Platforms That Support Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements

Cisco IOS Release

Platforms Supported

12.2(25)SE

Catalyst 2970 series switches
Catalyst 3500 series switches
Catalyst 3750 series switches

12.2(25)SG

Catalyst 4500 series Switches

12.2(28)SB

Cisco 7200 series routers
Cisco 7301 series routers
Cisco 7304 series routers
Cisco 10000 series routers

12.2(33)SRA

Cisco 7600 series routers

12.2(33)SXH

Catalyst 6500 series switches

12.4(20)T

Cisco 800 series routers
Cisco 1700 series routers
Cisco 1800 series routers
Cisco 2600 series routers
Cisco 2800 series routers
Cisco 3200 series routers
Cisco 3600 series routers
Cisco 3700 series routers
Cisco 3800 series routers
Cisco 7200 series routers
Cisco 7400 series routers
Cisco 8850 series routers
Cisco AS5000 series universal gateways

Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements for Cisco IOS Release 12.4(20)T

Cisco IOS Release 12.4(20)T incorporates the following Cisco Express Forwarding infrastructure changes:

•Cisco Express Forwarding Scalability and Selective Rewrite (CSSR) for enhanced scalable, distributed Layer 3 switching

•Enhanced Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Forwarding Infrastructure (MFI)

For information on MFI enhancements, see MPLS Infrastructure Changes: Introduction of MFI and Removal of MPLS LSC and LC-ATM Features.

The Cisco Express Forwarding infrastructure changes provide the following:

•Simplified fast switching path decisions for both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic, which improve performance and provide more CPU cycles for other Cisco IOS services

•Enhanced scalability to support large numbers of the following:

–IPv4 and IPv6 prefixes and adjacencies

–Load balancing paths over multiple links based on Layer 3 routing information

–Virtual Private Network (VPN) routing and forwarding (VRF) instances

•Improved manageability of the following:

–Cisco Express Forwarding logging for both IPv4 and IPv6

–Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF) strict and loose mode

–Cisco Express Forwarding MIB (CEF-MIB)

–uRPF MIB

–CLI display enhancements for Cisco Express Forwarding

No new features are introduced in Cisco IOS Release 12.4(20)T. However, some features that previously shipped with a Cisco IOS 12.2(25)S-based release are new to the Cisco IOS 12.4T release.

Note CSSR and MFI enhancements in Cisco IOS Release 12.4(20)T might result in changed performance characteristics in your network. We suggest that you test configurations before upgrading to this software.

Removal of Support for IPv4 Fast Switching

IPv4 fast switching is removed with the implementation of the Cisco Express Forwarding infrastructure enhancements for Cisco IOS 12.2(25)S-based releases and Cisco IOS Release 12.4(20)T. For these and later Cisco IOS releases, switching path are Cisco Express Forwarding switched or process switched. This makes the switching decision easier for future development of software features.

Note Starting with the implementation of the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements and the removal of IPv4 fast switching, components that do not support Cisco Express Forwarding will work only in process switched mode.

Removed, Obsolete, and No Longer Supported Cisco Express Forwarding Commands

The following commands are obsolete and have been removed from Cisco IOS software with the present Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements:

•show ip cef inconsistency records

•show ip cef inconsistency now

•show ip cef inconsistency now detail

Table 2 lists the commands that replace the removed commands.

Table 2 Removed Cisco Express Forwarding Commands—Cisco Express Forwarding

Command Before Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements

Replacement Command After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements

ip cef table adjacency-prefix

—

ip cef table resolution-timer

—

show ip cef inconsistency records

test cef table consistency

show ip cef inconsistency now

test cef table consistency

show ip cef inconsistency now detail

test cef table consistency detail

The following commands still exist, but are no longer supported in Cisco IOS software:

•show cef events

•show cef dropped

•show cef non-cef-switched

Table 3 lists commands that still exist, but are no longer supported, and the commands that replaces the unsupported commands. You should start using the replacement commands.

Table 3 Replaced Cisco Express Forwarding Commands—Cisco Express Forwarding Feature

Command Before Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements

Replacement Command After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements

ip cef event -log

monitor event-log cef event

ip cef interface event-log

monitor event-log cef interface

ip cef table event-log

monitor event-log cef ipv4

ip cef table consistency-check

cef table consistency-check

ip cef loadinfo

cef table output-chain

show cef events

show monitor event-trace cef events all

show cef drop

show {ip | ipv6} cef switching statistics [feature]¹

show cef not-cef-switched

show {ip | ipv6} cef switching statistics [feature]

¹If you enter the optional feature keyword, the output shows per-feature drop and punt counters.

Cisco Express Forwarding CLI Command Output Changes

This section describes the CLI command output changes introduced with the Cisco Express Forwarding feature. In some commands the output format is changed. In other commands, pieces of information are added or removed from the output. The output of the following commands is changed with this feature:

•show ip cef summary

•show ipv6 cef summary

•show ip cef internal

•show ipv6 cef internal

•show ip cef detail

•show ipv6 cef detail

•show ip cef <prefix> internal

•show ipv6 cef <prefix> internal

•show ip cef <prefix>

•show ip cef exact-route <source> <destination> detail

•show ip cef exact-route <source> <destination>

•show ip cef adjacency <interface> <next-hop>

•show adjacency summary

•show adjacency detail

•show adjacency internal

•show cef state

•show cef timers

•show ip cef epoch

•show ipv6 cef epoch

•show ip cef unresolved detail

•show ipv6 cef unresolved detail

•show ipv6 cef non-recursive

For a full description of these commands, see the Cisco IOS IP Switching Command Reference and the Cisco IOS IPv6 Command Reference.

show ip cef summary

This feature provides the following changes to the output of the show ip cef summary command:

•IPv4 and IPv6 are separately addressed.

•Figures related to adjacencies are moved to the show adjacency summary command (see the "show adjacency summary" section).

•Mtrie data structure descriptions are moved to a new command, the show ip cef tree command (see the "New Commands for the Cisco Express Forwarding Feature" section).

Table 4 compares the show ip cef summary command output before ("Old" heading) and after ("New" heading) the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.
Table 4 show ip cef summary Command Output Before and After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements
Old

New
Router# show ip cef summary
IP CEF with switching (Table Version 32), flags=0x0
26 routes, 0 reresolve, 0 unresolved (0 old, 0 new), peak 2
26 leaves, 19 nodes, 23400 bytes, 53 inserts, 27 invalidations
0 load sharing elements, 0 bytes, 0 references
universal per-destination load sharing algorithm, id DF940F94
3(0) CEF resets, 0 revisions of existing leaves
Resolution Timer: Exponential (currently 1s, peak 1s)
0 in-place/0 aborted modifications
refcounts: 1342 leaf, 1321 node
Table epoch: 0 (26 entries at this epoch)
Adjacency Table has 4 adjacencies
2 IPv4 adjacencies
2 IPv6 adjacencies
Router# show ip cef summary
IPv4 CEF is enabled and running
VRF Default:
22 prefixes (22/0 fwd/non-fwd)
Table id 0
Database epoch: 0 (22 entries at this epoch)
show ipv6 cef summary

This feature provides the following change to the output of the show ipv6 cef summary command:

•Output is reformatted (information provided is similar to what was provided before the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancement.)

Table 5 compares the show ipv6 cef summary command output before ("Old" heading) and after ("New" heading) the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.
Table 5 show ipv6 cef summary Command Output Before and After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements
Old

New
Router# show ipv6 cef summary
IPv6 CEF is enabled and running
Slow processing intvl = 1 seconds backoff level current/max 0/0
0 unresolved prefixes, 0 requiring adjacency update
IPv6 CEF default table
19 prefixes
Router# show ipv6 cef summary
IPv6 CEF is enabled and running
VRF Default:
 20 prefixes (20/0 fwd/non-fwd)
 Table id 0
 Database epoch:        0 (20 entries at this epoch)
show ip cef internal

This feature provides the following changes to the output of the show ip cef internal command:

•IPv4 and IPv6 are separately addressed.

•Mtrie data structure descriptions are moved to a new command, the show ip cef tree command (see the "New Commands for the Cisco Express Forwarding Feature" section).

•Troubleshooting is made easier with the addition of references to internal structure pointers.

•The concept of output chain (chain of output features) is introduced.

Table 6 compares the show ip cef internal command output before ("Old" heading) and after ("New" heading) the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.
Table 6 show ip cef internal Command Output Before and After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements
Old

New
Router# show ip cef internal
IP CEF with switching (Table Version 32), 
flags=0x0
  26 routes, 0 reresolve, 0 unresolved (0 old, 
0 new), peak 2
  26 leaves, 19 nodes, 23400 bytes, 53 
inserts, 27 invalidations
  0 load sharing elements, 0 bytes, 0 
references
  universal per-destination load sharing 
algorithm, id DF940F94
  3(0) CEF resets, 0 revisions of existing 
leaves
  Resolution Timer: Exponential (currently 1s, 
peak 1s)
  0 in-place/0 aborted modifications
  refcounts:  1342 leaf, 1321 node
  Table epoch: 0 (26 entries at this epoch)
Adjacency Table has 3 adjacencies
  1 IPv4 adjacency
  2 IPv6 adjacencies
0.0.0.0/32, version 0, epoch 0, receive
10.10.1.1/32, version 22, epoch 0, cached 
adjacency 172.17.24.1 (0x629E1B60)
0 packets, 0 bytes
  via 172.17.24.1, FastEthernet0/1, 0 
dependencies
    next hop 172.17.24.1, FastEthernet0/1
    valid cached adjacency (0x629E1B60)
Router# show ip cef internal
IPv4 CEF is enabled and running
VRF Default:
 22 prefixes (22/0 fwd/non-fwd)
 Table id 0
 Database epoch:        0 (22 entries at this epoch)
0.0.0.0/32, epoch 0, flags receive, refcount 4
  sources: Spc 
  feature space:
   MFI: path extension list empty
  subblocks:
   Special source: receive
  ifnums: (none)
  path 633AA3DC, path list 633A79D0, share 1, type receive
   path_list contains no resolved destination(s). HW IPv4 
notified.
  receive
  output chain: receive (11)
10.10.1.1/32, epoch 0, RIB, refcount 4
  sources: RIB 
  feature space:
   MFI: path extension list empty
   IPRM: 0x00038000
   IP adj out of POS1/0 635BB2A0
  ifnums: (none)
  path 633A9504, path list 633A6FB8, share 1, type attached 
nexthop  
   path_list contains at least one resolved destination(s). 
HW IPv4 notified.
  nexthop 172.17.13.1 POS1/0, adjacency IP adj out of 
POS1/0 635BB2A0
  output chain: IP adj out of POS1/0 635BB2A0
show ipv6 cef internal

This feature provides the following changes to the output of the show ipv6 cef internal command:

•More references to pointers are added.

•The concept of output chain (chain of output features) is introduced.

The previous version of the command output is very similar to the output of the command after the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.

Table 7 compares the show ipv6 cef internal command output before ("Old" heading) and after ("New" heading) the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.
Table 7 show ipv6 cef internal Command Output Before and After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements
Old

New
Router# show ipv6 cef internal
IPv6 CEF is enabled and running
Slow processing intvl = 1 seconds backoff level 
current/max 0/0
0 unresolved prefixes, 0 requiring adjacency update
IPv6 CEF default table
19 prefixes tableid 0
table version 37
root 63038970
2001:1:12::/64 RIBfib 
 Using cached adjacency 0x629E1CE0
  path list pointer 62A2C310
    1 path -
     Nexthop  path_pointer 62A297B0 traffic share 1 
path_list pointer 62A2C310
     nexthop FE80::2D0:1FF:FEE4:6800 FastEthernet0/1 
     next_hop_len 0 adjacency pointer 629E1CE0 
    refcount 10
    no loadinfo
Router# show ipv6 cef internal
IPv6 CEF is enabled and running
VRF Default:
20 prefixes (20/0 fwd/non-fwd)
Table id 0
Database epoch: 0 (20 entries at this epoch)
2001:1:12::/64, epoch 0, RIB, refcount 3
sources: RIB
feature space:
MFI: path extension list empty
IPRM: 0x00038000
IPV6 adj out of POS1/0 635BAFE0
ifnums: (none)
path 633A9A18, path list 633A732C, share 1, type attached nexthop
path_list contains at least one resolved destination(s). HW IPv6 notified.
nexthop FE80::205:DCFF:FE26:4800 POS1/0, adjacency IPV6 adj out of POS1/0 635BAFE0
output chain: IPV6 adj out of POS1/0 635BAFE0
show ip cef detail

This feature provides the following changes to the output of the show ip cef detail command:

•IPv4 and IPv6 are now separately addressed.

•Mtrie data structure descriptions are moved to a new command, the show ip cef tree command (see the "New Commands for the Cisco Express Forwarding Feature" section).

•The per-prefix output is reformatted (however, the information provided is the same).

•Table 8 compares the show ip cef detail command output before ("Old" heading) and after ("New" heading) the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.
Table 8 show ip cef detail Command Output Before and After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements
Old

New
Router# show ip cef detail
IP CEF with switching (Table Version 32), flags=0x0
  26 routes, 0 reresolve, 0 unresolved (0 old, 0 
new), peak 2
  26 leaves, 19 nodes, 23400 bytes, 53 inserts, 27 
invalidations
  0 load sharing elements, 0 bytes, 0 references
  universal per-destination load sharing algorithm, 
id DF940F94
  3(0) CEF resets, 0 revisions of existing leaves
  Resolution Timer: Exponential (currently 1s, peak 
1s)
  0 in-place/0 aborted modifications
  refcounts:  1342 leaf, 1321 node
  Table epoch: 0 (26 entries at this epoch)
Adjacency Table has 3 adjacencies
  1 IPv4 adjacency
  2 IPv6 adjacencies
0.0.0.0/32, version 0, epoch 0, receive
10.10.1.1/32, version 22, epoch 0, cached adjacency 
172.17.24.1
0 packets, 0 bytes
  via 172.17.24.1, FastEthernet0/1, 0 dependencies
    next hop 172.17.24.1, FastEthernet0/1
    valid cached adjacency
Router# show ip cef detail
IPv4 CEF is enabled and running
VRF Default:
 22 prefixes (22/0 fwd/non-fwd)
 Table id 0
 Database epoch:        0 (22 entries at this epoch)
0.0.0.0/32, epoch 0, flags receive
  Special source: receive
  receive
10.10.1.1/32, epoch 0
  nexthop 172.17.13.1 POS1/0
10.10.1.2/32, epoch 0
  nexthop 172.17.13.1 POS1/0
10.20.12.0/24, epoch 0
  nexthop 172.17.13.1 POS1/0
10.60.17.0/24, epoch 0, flags attached, connected
  attached to FastEthernet0/0
10.60.17.0/32, epoch 0, flags receive
  receive
10.60.17.251/32, epoch 0, flags receive
  receive
show ipv6 cef detail

This feature provides the following change to the output of the show ipv6 cef detail command:

•Output is reformatted (the information provided is the same as before the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements).

Table 9 compares the show ipv6 cef detail command output before ("Old" heading) and after ("New" heading) the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.
Table 9 show ipv6 cef detail Command Output Before and After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements
Old

New
Router# show ipv6 cef detail
IPv6 CEF is enabled and running
Slow processing intvl = 1 seconds backoff level 
current/max 0/0
0 unresolved prefixes, 0 requiring adjacency update
IPv6 CEF default table
19 prefixes
2001:1:12::/64 RIBfib 
     nexthop FE80::2D0:1FF:FEE4:6800 FastEthernet0/1 
2001:2:13::/64 RIBfib 
     nexthop FE80::2D0:1FF:FEE4:6800 FastEthernet0/1 
2001:2:22::/64 RIBfib 
     nexthop FE80::2D0:1FF:FEE4:6800 FastEthernet0/1 
2001:2:24::2/128 Receive, RIBfib 
  Receive
2001:2:24::/64 Attached, Connected, RIBfib 
attached to FastEthernet0/1
Router# show ipv6 cef detail
IPv6 CEF is enabled and running
VRF Default:
 20 prefixes (20/0 fwd/non-fwd)
 Table id 0
 Database epoch:        0 (20 entries at this epoch)
2001:1:12::/64, epoch 0
  nexthop FE80::205:DCFF:FE26:4800 POS1/0
2001:2:13::/64, epoch 0, flags attached, connected
  attached to POS1/0
2001:2:13::2/128, epoch 0, flags receive
show ip cef <prefix> internal

This feature provides the following changes to the output of the show ip cef prefix internal command:

•Troubleshooting is made easier with the addition of references to internal structure pointers.

•The concept of output chain (chain of output features) is introduced.

Table 10 compares the show ip cef prefix internal command output before ("Old" heading) and after ("New" heading) the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.
Table 10 show ip cef <prefix> internal Command Output Before and After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements
Old

New
Router# show ip cef 10.20.12.0/24 internal
10.20.12.0/24, version 17, epoch 0, cached adjacency 
172.17.24.1 (0x629E1B60)
0 packets, 0 bytes
  via 172.17.24.1, FastEthernet0/1, 0 dependencies
    next hop 172.17.24.1, FastEthernet0/1
    valid cached adjacency (0x629E1B60)
Router# show ip cef 172.16.1.0/24 internal
172.16.1.0/24, epoch 0, RIB, refcount 5
  sources: RIB 
  feature space:
   MFI: path extension list empty
   IPRM: 0x00038000
   IP adj out of POS1/0 635BB2A0
  path 633A9504, path list 633A6FB8, share 1, type 
attached nexthop, for IPv4
  ifnums: (none)
   path_list contains at least one resolved 
destination(s). HW IPv4 notified.
  nexthop 172.17.13.1 POS1/0, adjacency IP adj out 
of POS1/0 635BB2A0
  output chain: IP adj out of POS1/0 635BB2A0
show ipv6 cef <prefix> internal

This feature provides the following changes to the output of the show ipv6 cef prefix internal command:

•More references to structure pointers are added.

•The concept of output chain (chain of output features) is introduced.

The previous version of the command output is very similar to the output in the command after the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.

Table 11 compares the show ipv6 cef prefix internal command output before ("Old" heading) and after ("New" heading) the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.
Table 11 show ipv6 cef <prefix> internal Command Output Before and After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements
Old

New
Router# show ipv6 cef 2001:2:25::/64 internal
2001:2:25::/64 RIBfib 
 Using cached adjacency 0x629E1CE0
  path list pointer 62A2C310
    1 path -
     Nexthop  path_pointer 62A297B0 traffic share 1 
path_list pointer 62A2C310
     nexthop FE80::2D0:1FF:FEE4:6800 FastEthernet0/1 
     next_hop_len 0 adjacency pointer 629E1CE0 
    refcount 10
    no loadinfo
Router# show ipv6 cef 2001:2:25::/64 internal
2001:2:25::/64, epoch 0, RIB, refcount 4
  sources: RIB 
  feature space:
   MFI: path extension list empty
   IPRM: 0x00038000
   IPV6 adj out of POS1/0 635BAFE0
  path 633A9568, path list 633A6FFC, share 1, type 
attached nexthop, for IPv6
  ifnums: (none)
   path_list contains at least one resolved 
destination(s). HW IPv6 notified.
  nexthop FE80::205:DCFF:FE26:4800 POS1/0, adjacency 
IPV6 adj out of POS1/0 635BAFE0
show ip cef <prefix>

This feature provides the following changes to the output of the show ip cef prefix command:

•Output is reformatted; the key information provided is similar to the command output provided before the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.

•Adjacency information is moved to the show adjacency prefix detail command (see the "New Commands for the Cisco Express Forwarding Feature" section).

Table 12 compares the show ip cef prefix command output before ("Old" heading) and after ("New" heading) the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.
Table 12 show ip cef <prefix> Command Output Before and After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements
Old

New
Router# show ip cef 10.20.12.0/24 
10.20.12.0/24, version 17, epoch 0, cached adjacency 
172.17.24.1
0 packets, 0 bytes
  via 172.17.24.1, FastEthernet0/1, 0 dependencies
    next hop 172.17.24.1, FastEthernet0/1
    valid cached adjacency
Router# show ip cef 172.16.1.0/24
172.16.1.0/24
  nexthop 172.17.13.1 POS1/0
Note The command output of the show ipv6 prefix command is the same after the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancement changes as it was before the changes.

show ip cef exact-route <source> <destination> detail

This feature provides the following change to the output of the show ip cef exact-route source destination detail command:

•Output is reformatted (the information provided is the same as the information provided before the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements).

Table 13 compares the command output before ("Old" heading) and after ("New" heading) the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.
Table 13 show ip cef exact-route <source> <destination> detail Command Output Before and After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements
Old

New
Router# show ip cef exact-route 172.16.1.1 
172.16.1.5 detail
172.16.1.1      -> 172.16.1.5     : FastEthernet0/1 
(next hop 172.17.24.1)
Router# show ip cef exact-route 172.16.1.3 
172.16.1.2 detail
172.16.1.3 -> 172.16.1.2 => IP adj out of FastEthernet0/1, addr 172.17.25.1
show ip cef exact-route <source> <destination>

This feature provides the following change to the output of the show ip cef exact-route source destination command:

•Output is reformatted (the information provided is the same as the information provided before the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements).

Table 14 compares the show ip cef exact-route source destination command output before ("Old" heading) and after ("New" heading) the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.
Table 14 show ip cef exact-route <source> <destination> Command Output Before and After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements
Old

New
Router# show ip cef exact-route 172.16.1.1 
172.16.1.5 
172.16.1.1      -> 172.16.1.5     : FastEthernet0/1 
(next hop 172.17.24.1)
Router# show ip cef exact-route 172.16.1.3 
172.16.1.2 
172.16.1.3 -> 172.16.1.2 => IP adj out of FastEthernet0/1, addr 172.17.25.1
show ip cef adjacency <interface> <next-hop>

This feature provides the following change to the output of the show ip cef adjacency interface next-hop command:

•Output is reformatted (the information provided is the same as the information provided before the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements).

Table 15 compares the show ip cef adjacency interface next-hop command output before ("Old" heading) and after ("New" heading) the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.
Table 15 show ip cef adjacency <interface> <next-hop> Command Output Before and After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements
Old

New
Router# show ip cef adjacency FastEthernet0/1 
172.17.24.1
Prefix              Next Hop             Interface
10.10.1.1/32        172.17.24.1          
FastEthernet0/1
10.10.1.2/32        172.17.24.1          
FastEthernet0/1
10.20.12.0/24       172.17.24.1          
FastEthernet0/1
Router# show ip cef adjacency FastEthernet0/1 
172.17.22.1
10.10.1.2/32
  nexthop 172.17.22.1 FastEthernet0/1
10.20.12.0/24
  nexthop 172.17.22.1 FastEthernet0/1
show adjacency summary

This feature provides the following change to the output of the show adjacency summary command:

•The new output provides a detailed description of the database, high availability information, and epoch concept information.

•The per-protocol and interface summary table is moved to the show adjacency link command (see the "New Commands for the Cisco Express Forwarding Feature" section).

Table 16 compares the show adjacency summary command output before ("Old" heading) and after ("New" heading) the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.
Table 16 show adjacency summary Command Output Before and After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements
Old

New
Router# show adjacency summary 
Adjacency Table has 6 adjacencies
  4 IPv4 adjacencies
  2 IPv6 adjacencies
  Table epoch: 0 (6 entries at this epoch)
  Interface                 IPv4 Adjacencies  IPv6 
Adjacencies
  FastEthernet0/1           1                 1               
  FastEthernet0/0           2                 0               
  FastEthernet1/1           1                 1 
Router# show adjacency summary
Adjacency table has 9 adjacencies:
  each adjacency consumes 348 bytes (0 bytes 
platform extension)
  7 complete adjacencies
  2 incomplete adjacencies
  4 adjacencies of linktype IP
    4 complete adjacencies of linktype IP
    0 incomplete adjacencies of linktype IP
    0 adjacencies with fixups of linktype IP
    4 adjacencies with IP redirect of linktype IP
  4 adjacencies of linktype IPV6
    2 complete adjacencies of linktype IPV6
    2 incomplete adjacencies of linktype IPV6
  1 adjacency of linktype TAG
    1 complete adjacency of linktype TAG
    0 incomplete adjacencies of linktype TAG
Adjacency database high availability:
  Database epoch: 0 (9 entries at this epoch)
Adjacency manager summary event processing:
 Summary events epoch is 3
 Summary events queue contains 0 events (high water 
mark 7 events)
show adjacency detail

This feature provides the following change to the output of the show adjacency detail command:

•Output is reformatted (the information provided is the same as the information provided before the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements).

Table 17 compares the show adjacency detail command output before ("Old" heading) and after ("New" heading) the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.
Table 17 show adjacency detail Command Output Before and After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements
Old

New
Router# show adjacency detail 
Protocol Interface           Address
IP       FastEthernet1/1     20.0.0.2(5)
                             4 packets, 456 
bytes
                             003085641F11
                             00055F26F81D0800
                             ARP        01:47:23  
                             Epoch: 0
IPV6     FastEthernet1/1     2011:41::2(5)
                             0 packets, 0 bytes
                             003085641F11
                             00055F26F81D86DD
                             IPv6 ND    never     
                             Epoch: 0
Router# show adjacency detail 
Protocol Interface           Address
IP       FastEthernet0/1     172.17.22.1(16)
                             0 packets, 0 bytes
                             epoch 0
                             sourced in sev-epoch 3
                             Encap length 14
                             00D001E4680000055FAF2C060800
                             ARP
IPV6     FastEthernet0/1     2001:2:22::1(6)
                             0 packets, 0 bytes
                             epoch 0
                             sourced in sev-epoch 3
                             Encap length 14
                             00D001E4680000055FAF2C0686DD
                             IPv6 ND
show adjacency internal

This feature provides the following changes to the output of the show adjacency internal command:

•Output is reformatted.

•An output chain of features was added. Otherwise, the information provided is the same as the information provided before the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.

Table 18 compares the show adjacency internal command output before ("Old" heading) and after ("New" heading) the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.
Table 18 show adjacency internal Command Output Before and After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements
Old

New
Router# show adjacency internal 
Protocol Interface          Address
IP       FastEthernet1/1    20.0.0.2(5)
                            4 packets, 456 bytes
                            003085641F11
                            00055F26F81D0800
                            ARP        01:32:30  
                            Epoch: 0
                            Fast adjacency 
enabled
                            IP redirect enabled
                            IP mtu 1500 (0x0)
                            Fixup disabled
                            Adjacency pointer 
0x629E16E0, refCount 5
                            Adjacency flags 
0x000000
                            Connection Id 
0x000000
                            Bucket 22
IPV6     FastEthernet0/1    
FE80::2D0:1FF:FEE4:6800(13)
                            0 packets, 0 bytes
                            00D001E46800
                            00055F26F80686DD
                            IPv6 ND    never     
                            Epoch: 0
                            Fast adjacency 
enabled
                            IPv6 redirect enabled
                            IPv6 mtu 1500 (0x0)
                            Fixup disabled
                            Adjacency pointer 
0x629E1CE0, refCount 13
                            Adjacency flags 
0x000000
                            Connection Id 
0x000000
Bucket 32
Router# show adjacency internal 
Protocol Interface          Address
IP       FastEthernet0/0    10.60.17.2(6)
                            0 packets, 0 bytes
                            epoch 0
                            sourced in sev-epoch 3
                            Encap length 14
                            00000C386D8800055FAF2C080800
                            ARP
                            Fast adjacency enabled [OK]
                            L3 mtu 1500
                            Flags (0x100E)
                            Fixup disabled
                            HWIDB/IDB pointers 
0x63148358/0x63148FD8
                            IP redirect enabled
                            Switching vector: IPv4 no 
fixup adj oce
                            Adjacency pointer 0x636F31A0
                            Next-hop 172.17.13.1 ...
IPV6     FastEthernet0/1    2001:2:22::1(6)
                            0 packets, 0 bytes
                            epoch 0
                            sourced in sev-epoch 3
                            Encap length 14
                            00D001E4680000055FAF2C0686DD
                            IPv6 ND
                            Fast adjacency enabled [OK]
                            L3 mtu 1500
                            Flags (0x100E)
                            Fixup disabled
                            HWIDB/IDB pointers 
0x6313AD40/0x6313B9C0
                            IP redirect enabled
                            Switching vector: IPv6 
adjacency oce
                            Adjacency pointer 0x531C738
                            Next-hop FE80::A8BB:FE00:6500 
...
show cef state

This feature provides the following changes to the output of the show cef state command:

•New output is more concise.

•Load sharing anti-polarization ID is added to the command output.

•The show cef state command adds a new capabilities keyword. Capability details now display with the new keyword.

Table 19 compares the show cef state command output before ("Old" heading) and after ("New" heading) the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.
Table 19 show cef state Command Output Before and After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements
Old

New
Router# show cef state
CEF Status [RP]
 CEF enabled/running
 dCEF disabled/not running
 CEF switching enabled/running
 CEF default capabilities:
  Always CEF switching:               no
  Always dCEF switching:              no
  Default CEF switching:              yes
  Default dCEF switching:             no
  Drop multicast packets:             no
  OK to punt packets:                 yes
  NVGEN CEF state:                    no
  fastsend() used:                    yes
  CEF NSF capable:                    no
  RPR+/SSO standby capable:           no
  IPC delayed func on SSO:            no
  FIB auto repair supported:          yes
  LCs not running at init time:       no
  Hardware forwarding supported:      no
  Hardware forwarding in use:         no
  Load-sharing pr. packet supported:  yes
Router# show cef state
CEF Status:
 RP instance
 common CEF enabled
IPv4 CEF Status:
 CEF enabled/running
 dCEF disabled/not running
 CEF switching enabled/running
 universal per-destination load sharing algorithm, 
id A189DD49
IPv6 CEF Status:
 CEF enabled/running
 dCEF disabled/not running
 original per-destination load sharing algorithm, id 
A189DD49
Router# show cef state capabilities
CEF Capabilities:
   Supported address families:         IPv4 IPv6
   Active address families:            IPv4 IPv6
   Distributed Platform:               no
   Warm or Hot Standby supported:      no
   CEF NSF capable:                    no
   IPC delayed func on SSO:            no
   Hardware forwarding:                no
   Checker auto-repair supported:      yes
   Crashdump on memory failure:        no
   Support load-sharing alg config:    yes
   Blocking STANDBY_HOT until synced:  no
IPv4 CEF Capabilities:
   Default CEF switching:              yes
   Always FIB switching:               no
   Default dCEF switching:             no
   Always dCEF switching:              no
   Drop multicast packets:             no
   OK to punt packets:                 yes
   NVGEN CEF state:                    yes
   fastsend() used:                    yes
   Support per packet load sharing:    yes
   Support L4 ports in load sharing:   yes
   Multicast (*,G) groups in CEF:      no
   Install local entries from RIB:     no
IPv6 CEF Capabilities:¹
   Default CEF switching:              yes
   Always FIB switching:               no
   Default dCEF switching:             no
   Always dFIB switching:              no
   Drop multicast packets:             no
   OK to punt packets:                 yes
   NVGEN CEF state:                    yes
   fastsend() used:                    yes
   L4 ports in load balancing support: yes
¹This is the continuation of the output of the show cef state capabilities command.
show cef timers

This feature provides the following change to the output of the show cef timers command:

•The command output has been updated to reflect the new timers.

Table 20 compares the show cef timers command output before ("Old" heading) and after ("New" heading) the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.
Table 20 show cef timers Command Output Before and After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements
Old

New
Router# show cef timers
CEF background process
    Expiration    Type
|        0.740  (parent)
  |        0.740  ARP throttle
  |        0.908  adjacency update hwidb
  |        0.908  slow resolution
  |        8.572  <unknown:6240E510/0>
CEF FIB scanner process
    Expiration    Type
|        5.764  (parent)
  |        5.764  checker scan-rib
  |        6.340  checker scan-sw-hw
  |       49.588  checker scan-hw-sw
Router# show cef timers
CEF background process
    Expiration    Type
|       13.248  (parent)
  |       13.248  FIB checkers: IPv4 scan-rib-ios scanner
  |       13.248  FIB checkers: IPv4 scan-ios-rib scanner
  |       13.248  FIB checkers: IPv6 scan-ios-rib scanner
Platform counter polling is not enabled
IPv4 CEF background process
    Expiration    Type
|        0.600  (parent)
  |        0.600  ARP throttle
  |        0.600  adjacency update hwidb
show ip cef epoch

This feature provides the following change to the output of the show ip cef epoch command:

•Adjacency epoch information is removed and is available from the show adjacency summary command (see the"New Commands for the Cisco Express Forwarding Feature" section).

Table 21 compares the show ip cef epoch command output before ("Old" heading) and after ("New" heading) the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.
Table 21 show ip cef epoch Command Output Before and After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements
Old

New
Router# show ip cef epoch
CEF epoch information:
Table: Default
  Table epoch: 0 (33 entries at this epoch)
Adjacency table
Table epoch: 0 (7 entries at this epoch)
Router# show ip cef epoch
Table: Default
 Database epoch: 0 (24 entries at this epoch)
show ipv6 cef epoch

This feature provides the following change to the output of the show ipv6 cef epoch command:

•Adjacency epoch information is removed and is available from the show adjacency summary command (see the "New Commands for the Cisco Express Forwarding Feature" section).

Table 22 compares the show ipv6 cef epoch command output before ("Old" heading) and after ("New" heading) the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.
Table 22 show ipv6 cef epoch Command Output Before and After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements
Old

New
Router# show ipv6 cef epoch
CEF epoch information:
Table: Default
  Table epoch: 1 (2 entries at this epoch)
Adjacency table
  Table epoch: 0 (1 entries at this epoch)
Router# show ipv6 cef epoch
Table: Default
 Database epoch: 1 (2 entries at this epoch)
show ip cef unresolved detail

This feature provides the following changes to the output of the show ip cef unresolved detail command:

•The new command output lists only unresolved prefixes.

•IPv4 and IPv6 are now separately addressed.

•Figures related to adjacencies are moved to the show adjacency summary command (see the "show adjacency summary" section).

•Mtrie data structure descriptions are moved to a new command, the show ip cef tree command (see the "New Commands for the Cisco Express Forwarding Feature" section).

•Nothing is displayed if no unresolved adjacencies exist.

Table 23 compares the show ip cef unresolved detail command output before ("Old" heading) and after ("New" heading) the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.
Table 23 show ip cef unresolved detail Command Output Before and After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements
Old

New
Router# show ip cef unresolved detail
IP CEF with switching (Table Version 59), flags=0x0
  34 routes, 0 reresolve, 0 unresolved (0 old, 0 
new), peak 2
  34 leaves, 22 nodes, 27640 bytes, 80 inserts, 46 
invalidations
  0 load sharing elements, 0 bytes, 0 references
  universal per-destination load sharing algorithm, 
id DF940F94
  3(0) CEF resets, 0 revisions of existing leaves
  Resolution Timer: Exponential (currently 1s, peak 
1s)
  0 in-place/0 aborted modifications
  refcounts:  5933 leaf, 5888 node
  Table epoch: 0 (34 entries at this epoch)
Adjacency Table has 7 adjacencies
  4 IPv4 adjacencies
  3 IPv6 adjacencies
Router# show ip cef unresolved detail 
IPv4 CEF is enabled and running
VRF Default
  25 prefixes (25/0 fwd/non-fwd)
  Table id 0x0
  Database epoch:        0 (25 entries at this 
epoch)
101.1.1.1/32, epoch 0, flags rib only nolabel, rib 
defined all labels
   recursive via 102.2.2.2, unresolved
show ipv6 cef unresolved detail

This feature provides the following changes to the output of the show ipv6 cef unresolved detail command:

•Figures related to adjacencies are moved to the show adjacency summary command (see the "show adjacency summary" section).

•Nothing is displayed in the output if there are no unresolved adjacencies.

Table 24 compares the show ipv6 cef unresolved detail command output before ("Old" heading) and after ("New" heading) the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.
Table 24 show ipv6 cef unresolved detail Command Output Before and After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements
Old

New
Router# show ipv6 cef unresolved detail
IPv6 CEF is enabled and running
Slow processing intvl = 1 seconds backoff level 
current/max 0/0
0 unresolved prefixes, 0 requiring adjacency update
IPv6 CEF default table
20 prefixes
Router# show ipv6 cef unresolved detail 
IPv6 CEF is enabled and running centrally.
VRF Default
  6 prefixes (6/0 fwd/non-fwd)
  Table id 0x1E000000
  Database epoch:        0 (6 entries at this epoch)
2002::/128, epoch 0, flags rib only nolabel, rib 
defined all labels
   recursive via 2003::BEEF, unresolved
show ipv6 cef non-recursive

This feature provides the following change to the output of the show ipv6 cef non-recursive command:

•The path information is changed to be more consistent with IPv4 path information.

Table 25 compares the show ipv6 cef non-recursive command output before ("Old" heading) and after ("New" heading) the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements.
Table 25 show ipv6 cef non-recursive Command Output Before and After Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements
Old

New
Router# show ipv6 cef non-recursive
2001:1:12::/64
     nexthop FE80::2D0:1FF:FEE4:6800 FastEthernet0/1 
2001:2:13::/64
     nexthop FE80::2D0:1FF:FEE4:6800 FastEthernet0/1 
2001:2:22::/64
     nexthop FE80::2D0:1FF:FEE4:6800 FastEthernet0/1
Router# show ipv6 cef non-recursive 
::/0
   no route
::/127
   discard
2003::/128
   nexthop 3003::DEAD Ethernet2/0
FE80::/10
   receive for Null0
FF00::/8
   multicast
New Commands for the Cisco Express Forwarding Feature

This section does not contain all new Cisco Express Forwarding commands. It contains only new commands introduced with the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements to provide the same level of information that was available with the use of other commands before the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements were implemented. Sample output is provided for the following new commands:

•show adjacency link {ipv4 | ipv6}

•show adjacency <prefix>

•show adjacency <prefix> detail

•show {ip | ipv6} cef tree

•test cef table consistency detail

show adjacency link {ipv4 | ipv6}

The show adjacency link ipv4 command and the show adjacency link ipv6 command display information about IPv4 and IPv6 traffic, respectively, in the Cisco Express Forwarding adjacency table or the hardware Layer 3-switching adjacency table.

Per-protocol and interface summary adjacency information was moved from the show adjacency summary command to the show adjacency link command.

Following is sample output of the show adjacency link ipv4 command.
Router# show adjacency link ipv4
Protocol Interface                 Address
IP       FastEthernet0/0           10.60.17.2(6)
IP       FastEthernet0/0           10.60.17.20(6)
IP       FastEthernet0/0           10.60.17.254(7)
IP       FastEthernet0/1           172.17.22.1(16)
Following is sample output of the show adjacency link ipv6 command.
Router# show adjacency link ipv6
Protocol Interface                 Address
IPV6     FastEthernet0/1           2001:2:22::1(6)
IPV6     FastEthernet0/1           2001:2:22::2(3) (incomplete)
IPV6     FastEthernet0/1           FE80::2D0:1FF:FEE4:6800(14)
IPV6     Serial3/0                 point2point(7)
IPV6     Serial3/1                 point2point(10
show adjacency <prefix>

The show adjacency prefix command shows adjacency information for the specified prefix.

Following are sample outputs from the show adjacency prefix command for an IPv4 prefix and an IPv6 prefix:
Router# show adjacency 172.17.22.1/24
Protocol Interface                 Address
IP       FastEthernet0/1           172.17.22.1(16)
Router# show adjacency 2001:2:22::1/64 
Protocol Interface                 Address
IPV6     FastEthernet0/1           2001:2:22::1(6)
show adjacency <prefix> detail

The show adjacency prefix detail command provides additional adjacency information for a specified prefix.

Information about the adjacency epoch was removed from the show ip cef epoch and show ipv6 cef epoch commands and is available from the show adjacency prefix detail command.

Following are sample outputs from the show adjacency prefix detail command for an IPv4 prefix and an IPv6 prefix:
Router# show adjacency 172.17.22.1/24 detail 
Protocol Interface                 Address
IP       FastEthernet0/1           172.17.22.1(16)
                                   0 packets, 0 bytes
                                   epoch 0
                                   sourced in sev-epoch 3
                                   Encap length 14
                                   00D001E4680000055FAF2C060800
                                   ARP
Router# show adjacency 2001:2:22::1/64 detail 
Protocol Interface                 Address
IPV6     FastEthernet0/1           2001:2:22::1(6)
                                   0 packets, 0 bytes
                                   epoch 0
                                   sourced in sev-epoch 3
                                   Encap length 14
                                   00D001E4680000055FAF2C0686DD
                                   IPv6 ND
show {ip | ipv6} cef tree

The show {ip | ipv6} cef tree command displays summary information about the underlying data structures representing the specified FIB tree.

Mtrie data structure information was removed from several commands for the implementation of the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements. This command provides the Mtrie information removed from the show ip cef summary, show ip cef internal, and show ip cef detail commands.

Following is sample output for the show ip cef tree command:
Router# show ip cef tree
VRF Default tree information:
 MTRIE/RTREE storing IPv4 addresses
 24 entries (24/0 fwd/non-fwd)
 Forwarding tree:
  Forwarding lookup routine: IPv4 mtrie 8-8-8-8 optimized
  33 inserts, 9 deletes
  8-8-8-8 stride pattern
  short mask protection enabled for <= 4 bits without process suspension
  24 leaves (672 bytes), 22 nodes (22880 bytes)
  25208 total bytes
  leaf ops: 33 inserts, 9 deletes
  leaf ops with short mask protection: 2 inserts, 1 delete
  per-prefix length stats: lookup off, insert off, delete off
  refcounts: 1356 leaf, 1324 node
  node pools:
   pool[C/8 bits]: 22 allocated (0 failed), 22880 bytes
 Non-Forwarding tree:
  38 inserts, 38 deletes
  0 leaves (0 bytes), 0 nodes (0 bytes)
  0 total bytes
test cef table consistency detail

The test cef table consistency detail command displays recorded Cisco Express Forwarding consistency records found by the following detection mechanisms: lc-detect, scan-rib-ios, scan-ios-rib, scan-lc-rp, and scan-rp-lc. The scan-lc-rp and scan-rp-lc detection mechanisms are available only on routers with line cards. You can configure the Cisco Express Forwarding prefix consistency-detection mechanisms using the cef table consistency-check command.

This command provides output that replaces the output provided by the removed and obsolete show ip cef inconsistency records, show ip cef inconsistency now, and show ip cef inconsistency now detail commands.

Following is sample output for the test cef table consistency detail command:
Router# test cef table consistency detail 
full-scan-rib-ios: Checking IPv4 RIB to FIB consistency
full-scan-rib-ios: FIB checked 12 prefixes, and found 0 missing.
full-scan-ios-rib: Checking IPv4 FIB to RIB consistency
full-scan-ios-rib: Checked 12 FIB prefixes in 1 pass, and found 0 extra.
full-scan-rp-lc: Sent 26 IPv4 prefixes to linecards in 1 pass
full-scan-rp-lc: Initiated IPv4 FIB check on linecards..4..1..0..
full-scan-rp-lc: FIB IPv4 check completed on linecards..1..0..4..
full-scan-rp-lc: Linecard 4 checked 26 IPv4 prefixes (ignored 0). 0 inconsistent.
full-scan-rp-lc: Linecard 1 checked 26 IPv4 prefixes (ignored 0). 0 inconsistent.
full-scan-rp-lc: Linecard 0 checked 26 IPv4 prefixes (ignored 0). 0 inconsistent.
full-scan-rib-ios: Checking IPv6 RIB to FIB consistency
full-scan-rib-ios: FIB checked 16 prefixes, and found 5 missing.
full-scan-ios-rib: Checking IPv6 FIB to RIB consistency
full-scan-ios-rib: Checked 11 FIB prefixes in 1 pass, and found 0 extra.
full-scan-rp-lc: Sent 11 IPv6 prefixes to linecards in 1 pass
full-scan-rp-lc: Initiated IPv6 FIB check on linecards..4..1..0..
full-scan-rp-lc: FIB IPv6 check completed on linecards..1..4..0..
full-scan-rp-lc: Linecard 4 checked 11 IPv6 prefixes (ignored 0). 0 inconsistent.
full-scan-rp-lc: Linecard 1 checked 11 IPv6 prefixes (ignored 0). 0 inconsistent.
full-scan-rp-lc: Linecard 0 checked 11 IPv6 prefixes (ignored 0). 0 inconsistent.
No IPv4 inconsistencies found, check took 00:00:01.444
Warning: 5 IPv6 inconsistencies found, check took 00:00:01.240
Unchanged Cisco Express Forwarding show Commands

Some Cisco Express Forwarding show commands related to the Cisco Express Forwarding enhancements were not changed with the introduction of the enhancements. The output of the following commands was not changed:

•show cef idb

•show cef interface

•show ip cef

•show ip cef non-recursive

•show ipv6 cef

•show ipv6 cef adjacency

Additional References

The following sections provide references related to the Cisco Express Forwarding feature.

Related Documents

Related Topic

Document Title

Description of Cisco Express Forwarding commands

Cisco IOS IP Switching Command Reference

Description of Cisco Express Forwarding IPv6 commands

Cisco IOS IPv6 Command Reference

Information on MFI enhancements

MPLS Infrastructure Changes: Introduction of MFI and Removal of MPLS LSC and LC-ATM Features

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Feature Information for Cisco Express Forwarding

Table 26 lists the release history for this feature.

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Table 26 Feature Information for Cisco Express Forwarding

Feature Name

Releases

Feature Information

Cisco Express Forwarding Enhancements: Introduction of CLI Changes and Removal of IPv4 Fast Switching

12.4(20)T

The purpose of this document is to describe the changes based on the Cisco Express Forwarding infrastructure scalability enhancements that have been implemented to adapt to the evolution of the Internet and to support new platforms and features. The changes are the removal of IP fast switching and the introduction of command line interface (CLI) modifications.

This document lists Cisco Express Forwarding CLI commands that are removed, replaced, changed, and new. To help you transition to the new CLI format, the document illustrates the output for new commands and changed commands.

Enhancements to Cisco Express Forwarding enable it to operate with the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Forwarding Infrastructure (MFI) and guarantee consistency across Cisco IOS release trains. Cisco Express Forwarding infrastructure changes were introduced and implemented in the Cisco IOS 12.2(25)S-based releases and were added for T releases in Cisco IOS Release 12.4(20)T.

Cisco Express Forwarding is an advanced Layer 3 IP switching technology. It optimizes network performance and scalability for all kinds of networks: those that carry small amounts of traffic and those that carry large amounts of traffic in complex patterns, such as the Internet, and networks characterized by intensive web-based applications or interactive sessions.

In Cisco IOS Release 12.4(20)T, this feature was introduced.

Glossary

adjacency—A relationship formed between selected neighboring routers and end nodes for the purpose of exchanging routing information. Adjacency is based upon the use of a common media segment by the routers and nodes involved.

Cisco Express Forwarding—A Layer 3 switching technology. Cisco Express Forwarding can also refer to central Cisco Express Forwarding mode, one of two modes of Cisco Express Forwarding operation. Cisco Express Forwarding enables a Route Processor (RP) to perform express forwarding. Distributed Cisco Express Forwarding is the other mode of Cisco Express Forwarding operation.

distributed Cisco Express Forwarding—A type of Cisco Express Forwarding switching in which line cards (such as Versatile Interface Processor (VIP) line cards) maintain identical copies of the forwarding information base (FIB) and adjacency tables. The line cards perform the express forwarding between port adapters; this relieves the Route Switch Processor of involvement in the switching operation.

FIB—forwarding information base. A component of Cisco Express Forwarding. The router uses the FIB lookup table to make destination-based switching decisions during Cisco Express Forwarding operation. The router maintains a mirror image of the forwarding information in an IP routing table.

IDB—Interface Descriptor Block. An IDB is a special control structure internal to the Cisco IOS software that contains information such as the IP address, interface state, and packet statistics. Cisco IOS software maintains one IDB for each interface present on a platform and one IDB for each subinterface.

IPRM—IP Rewrite Manager. The IPRM is a module that manages the interaction between Cisco Express Forwarding, the IP Label Distributions Modules (LDM), and the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Forwarding Infrastructure (MFI).

Mtrie—multiway tree. The Mtrie is a data structure in which routes are stored. The Mtrie is part of the IP lookup algorithm used in Cisco Express Forwarding.

prefix—The network address portion of an IP address. A prefix is specified by a network and mask and is generally represented in the format network/mask. The mask indicates which bits are the network bits. For example, 10.0.0.0/16 means that the first 16 bits of the IP address are masked, making them the network bits. The remaining bits are the host bits. In this example, the network number is 10.0.

RIB—Routing Information Base. A central repository of routes that contains Layer 3 reachability information and destination IP addresses or prefixes. The RIB is also known as the routing table.

RP—Route Processor. The processor module in the Cisco 7000 series routers that contains the CPU, system software, and most of the memory components that are used in the router. It is sometimes called a supervisory processor.

VRF—A Virtual Private Network (VPN) routing/forwarding instance. A VRF consists of an IP routing table, a derived forwarding table, a set of interfaces that use the forwarding table, and a set of rules and routing protocols that determine what goes into the forwarding table. In general, a VRF includes the routing information that defines a customer VPN site that is attached to a provider edge (PE) router.

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