| Exam 350-401 | Question id=5923 | Architecture |
What is the difference between the MAC address table and TCAM?
| A. |
TCAM is used to make L2 forwarding decisions. CAM is used to build routing tables. | |
| B. |
Router prefix lookups happen in TCAM. MAC address table lookups happen in CAM. | |
| C. |
The MAC address table supports partial matches. TCAM requires an exact match. | |
| D. |
The MAC address table is contained in TCAM. ACL and QoS information is stored in TCAM. |