`AGE`

Set ESW hardware age timer

Show or set the L2 age timer, in seconds. MAC entries that see no traffic for this long are removed.

age prints Current age timer is <seconds>.
age <seconds> sets it and prints Set age timer to <seconds>.
age 0 turns ageing off and prints Set age timer to 0. (disabled)

The value can be decimal or 0x hexadecimal.

On a SONiC switch age shows 600, SONiC’s default FDB ageing time.

Showing is safe. Setting changes a value that SONiC configures, and SONiC does not notice the change. It is likely set back the next time SONiC applies its FDB ageing configuration.

Hardware-validated

drivshell> age
Current age timer is 600.

Unvalidated — Disable ageing

drivshell> age 0

Built-in help

Parameters:  [<seconds>]
       Set the hardware age timer to the indicated number of seconds.
       With no parameter, displays current value.
       Setting to 0 disables hardware aging

AGE

`AGE`