Technical data

Switching and Routing
May 2012 © 2012 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. 2 - 25
Displaying IP Forwarding Information
You can display the following IP forwarding information:
• The IP forwarding state (enabled or disabled)
• ARP entries
• IP interfaces
• The IP route table
• IP traffic statistics
Displaying IP Forwarding State Information
To display IP forwarding state information as well as other global IP parameters, enter the following command at
any level of the CLI:
Syntax: show ip
This display shows the following information.
Table 2.1: CLI Display of Global IP Configuration Information
This Field... Displays...
IP configuration
IP Forwarding state The state of the IP forwarding feature. The state can be one of the
following:
•Disabled
• Enabled
RIP state The state of RIP. The state can be one of the following:
•Disabled
• Enabled
If route redistribution is enabled, “RIP -Redist” is displayed as well.
For information, see “Redistributing IP Static Routes into RIP” on
page 2-37.
ServerIron(config)# show ip
Enabled : IP_Forwarding
Disabled : RIP RIP-Redist
Switch IP address: 192.168.2.100
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default router address: 192.168.2.1
TFTP server address: None
Configuration filename: None
Image filename: None