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NVUE Command Reference

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System Forwarding

The nv unset commands remove the configuration you set with the equivalent nv set commands. This guide only describes an nv unset command if it differs from the nv set command.

nv set system forwarding

Configures switch forwarding.

nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash

Configures custom hashing to specify what to include in the hash calculation during load balancing between multiple next hops of a layer 3 route (ECMP hashing).

nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash destination-ip

Turns ECMP hashing on the destination IP field on or off. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash destination-ip on

nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash destination-port

Turns ECMP hashing on the destination port field on or off. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash destination-port on

nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash gtp-teid

Turns ECMP hashing on the GTP TEID field on or off. The default setting is off.

GTP TEID-based ECMP hashing is only applicable if the outer header egressing the port is GTP encapsulated and if the ingress packet is either a GTP-U packet or a VXLAN encapsulated GTP-U packet.

  • Cumulus Linux supports GTP Hashing on NVIDIA Spectrum-2 and later.
  • GTP-C packets are not part of GTP hashing.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash gtp-teid on

nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash ingress-interface

Turns ECMP hashing on the ingress interface on or off. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash ingress-interface on

nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash inner-ip-protocol

Turns ECMP hashing on the inner IP protocol field on or off. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash inner-ip-protocol on

nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash inner-destination-ip

Turns ECMP hashing on the inner destination IP address field on or off. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash inner-destination-ip on

nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash inner-destination-port

Turns ECMP hashing on the inner destination port field on or off. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash inner-destination-port on

nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash inner-ipv6-label

Turns ECMP hashing on the inner IPv6 label field on or off. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash inner-ipv6-label on

nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash inner-source-ip

Turns ECMP hashing on the inner source IP address field on or off. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash inner-ip-protocol on

nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash inner-source-port

Turns ECMP hashing on the inner source port field on or off. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash inner-source-port on

nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash ipv6-label

Turns ECMP hashing on the IPv6 label field on or off. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash ipv6-label on

nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash ip-protocol

Turns ECMP hashing on the IP protocol field on or off. For IP traffic, the switch uses IP header source and destination fields in the hash calculation. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash ip-protocol on

nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash source-ip

Turns ECMP hashing on the source IP field on or off. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash source-ip on

nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash source-port

Turns ECMP hashing on the source port field on or off. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding ecmp-hash source-port on

nv set system forwarding hash-seed

Configures a unique hash seed for each switch to prevent hash polarization, a type of network congestion that occurs when multiple data flows try to reach a switch using the same switch ports.

You can set a hash seed value between 0 and 4294967295. If you do not specify a value, switchd creates a randomly generated seed.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding hash-seed 50

nv set system forwarding ecmp-weight-normalisation max-hw-weight

Configures the maximum number of hardware entries for weighted ECMP. You can specify a value between 10 and 255. The default value is 32.

The NVIDIA Spectrum switch supports weight programming for ECMP by repeating each individual path, which consumes resources. To reduce hardware utilization of ECMP resources, you can enable weight normalization.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.7.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding ecmp-weight-normalisation max-hw-weight 100

nv set system forwarding ecmp-weight-normalisation mode

Enables (enabled) and disables (disabled) ECMP weight normalization.

The NVIDIA Spectrum switch supports weight programming for ECMP by repeating each individual path, which consumes resources. To reduce hardware utilization of ECMP resources, you can enable weight normalization.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.7.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding ecmp-weight-normalisation mode enabled on

nv set system forwarding host-route-preference

Configures the forwarding host route preference: route, neighbour, or route-and-neighbour.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding host-route-preference neighbour

nv set system forwarding lag-hash

Configures custom hashing to load balance between multiple interfaces that are members of the same bond.

The switch distributes egress traffic through a bond to a slave based on a packet hash calculation, providing load balancing over the slaves; the switch distributes conversation flows over all available slaves to load balance the total traffic. Traffic for a single conversation flow always hashes to the same slave. In a failover event, the switch adjusts the hash calculation to steer traffic over available slaves.

nv set system forwarding lag-hash destination-ip

Turns lag hashing on the destination IP address field on or off. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding lag-hash destination-ip on

nv set system forwarding lag-hash destination-mac

Turns lag hashing on the destination MAC address field on or off. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding lag-hash destination-mac on

nv set system forwarding lag-hash destination-port

Turns lag hashing on the destination port field on or off. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding lag-hash destination-port on

nv set system forwarding lag-hash ether-type

Turns lag hashing on the ether type field on or off. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding lag-hash ether-type on

nv set system forwarding lag-hash gtp-teid

Turns lag hashing on the GTP TEID field on or off. GTP carries mobile data within the core of the mobile operator’s network. Traffic in the 5G Mobility core cluster, from cell sites to compute nodes, have the same source and destination IP address. The only way to identify individual flows is with the GTP TEID. Enabling GTP hashing adds the TEID as a hash parameter and helps the Cumulus Linux switches in the network to distribute mobile data traffic evenly across ECMP routes.

The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding lag-hash gtp-teid on

nv set system forwarding lag-hash ip-protocol

Turns lag hashing on the IP protocol field on or off. For IP traffic, the switch uses IP header source and destination fields in the hash calculation. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding lag-hash ip-protocol on

nv set system forwarding lag-hash source-ip

Turns lag hashing on the source IP address field on or off. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding lag-hash source-ip on

nv set system forwarding lag-hash source-mac

Turns lag hashing on the source MAC address field on or off. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding lag-hash source-mac on

nv set system forwarding lag-hash source-port

Turns lag hashing on the source port field on or off. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding lag-hash source-port on

nv set system forwarding lag-hash vlan

Turns lag hashing on the VLAN ID field on or off. The default setting is off.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.2.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding lag-hash vlan on

nv set system forwarding profile

Configures the forwarding resource profile: default, l2-heavy, l2-heavy-1, l2-heavy-3, v4-lpm-heavy, v4-lpm-heavy-1, v6-lpm-heavy, v6-lpm-heavy-1, ipmc-heavy, ipmc-max, or lpm-balanced.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.4.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding profile l2-heavy

nv set system forwarding programming

Configures forwarding programming logging.

nv set system forwarding programming log-level

Configures the forwarding programming log level: debug, info, critical, warning, or error. The default log level is info.

Version History

Introduced in Cumulus Linux 5.0.0

Example

cumulus@switch:~$ nv set system forwarding programming log-level error

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