How to increase size of IP route cache?

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Issue

  • How to increase size of IP route cache?
  • Is it possible to use /etc/modprobe.d to adjust rhash_entries, or somehow modify a live system with a new value without rebooting?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and earlier
  • IP routing

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