TCAM demystified - Cisco Learning Network
One of the key components of virtually any layer 2 or layer 3 switch is the Ternary Content Addressable Memory, or TCAM in short. TCAM is an expensive component and is typically a scarce resource on …
ENCOR: What is the difference between the CAM and TCAM?
Nov 9, 2022 · The CAM (Content Addressable Memory) is specialised hardware that's used to store the MAC address table. When queried, it will always return a binary answer; 0 for true or 1 for false. This …
CAM overflow - Cisco Learning Network
Content Addressable Memory (CAM) tables are limited in size. If enough entries are entered into the CAM table before other entries are expired, the CAM table fills up to the point that no new entries …
Video: What is the CAM? - Cisco Learning Network
Cisco CCNP - What Is CAM? (Content Addressable Memory) What is TCAM? What is CAM and TCAM? In what ways are they different? In this video, you will find a simple explanation of the differences …
CAM table and Mac Address table - Cisco Learning Network
Hi Ayub, Allow me to share my views, please. In General, Both are same !! Since it stores the MAC address, people generally calls it as MAC address table. In actual terms, it should be called as CAM …
Preventing Layer 2 Attacks - Cisco Learning Network
CAM table overflow method – CAM stands for content addressable memory and as you must be knowing it represents information regarding MAC addresses, the ports from where they can be …
ASIC vs TCAM - Cisco Learning Network
TCAM ( Ternary Content Addressable Memory ) is a kind of ASIC developed to implement access-lists data searches algorithm.Used in access-list implementation. Regards!
ARP Table - Cisco Learning Network
Mohamed, MAC address table, also known as Content Addressable Memory (CAM) table is a table that switches use to forward packets at layer 2. It is a binding between a MAC address, VLAN and a port …
Have you ever heard of TCAM? It is ternary content addressable …
Dec 18, 2025 · The Ternary Content-Addressable Memory (TCAM) is a specialized, very high-speed memory designed to perform lookups for things like ACLs and routing tables in a single clock cycle, …
Mitigating VLAN hopping/layer 2 attacks - Cisco Learning Network
I have a question regarding the mitigation of layer 2 attacks. I understand that you should place active unused ports in an unused VLAN. I also comprehend that the native VLAN should be an unused …