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18 show macff Software Reference
Table 1: Parameters in the output of the show macff [counter] command
Parameter Meaning
VLAN Interface The VLAN for which MAC-Forced Forwarding information is
displayed.
Dbg Whether debugging is currently executing on the VLAN;
“<*>” indicates yes, a blank space indicates no.
IP Address Current IP address assigned to the specified VLAN.
State Status of MAC-Forced Forwarding on the VLAN, either
ENABLED or DISABLED.
Servers Number of active ARs and ASs configured on the VLAN. This
includes both statically defined and dynamically found
devices.
Overall Status
Number of Servers Number of ARs and ASs currently in the DHCP snooping
database.
Servers Lost Number of ARs and ASs that have been deleted or lost, and
have been removed from the DHCP snooping database.
ARP Counters ( All Ports ) ARP counters for all VLANs with MAC-Forced Forwarding
enabled.
Requests Number of ARP Requests received by MAC-Forced
Forwarding.
Replies Number of ARP Replies that MAC-Forced Forwarding has
sent on behalf of an AR or AS.
Resolution Requests Number of ARP resolution Requests for an AR or AS that
required MAC address resolution.
Resolutions Failed Number of ARP Requests that failed to determine the MAC
address of the AR or AS.
Src : No DHCPSN Entry Number of ARP requests where the source client is not in the
DHCP snooping database.
Src : Inconsistent Data Number of ARP requests where the source client
information in the DHCP snooping database does not match
the source client information in the ARP request.
Src : No Routers Number of ARP requests where the source client does not
have a valid AR in the DHCP snooping database.
Src : No Routers Found Number of ARP requests where MAC-Forced Forwarding
could not contact any of the valid ARs for that client.
Dest : No DNCPSN Entry Number of ARP requests between clients within a subnet
where the destination client is not in the DHCP snooping
database. The switch drops these requests.
S/D : Same Port Number of ARP requests where the source and destination
clients are on the same port (within a private network). The
switch drops these requests.
Server Counter
ARP Resolution Requests Number of ARP resolution requests received for an AR or AS.
ARP Resolutions Number of ARP resolution requests that MAC-Forced
Forwarding successfully replied to.
ARP Resolutions Failed Number of ARP resolution requests where MAC-Forced
Forwarding was unable to reply with the MAC address of a
valid AR or AS.