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ServerIron Switching and Routing Guide

This command displays the following information.

Displaying IP Forwarding Traffic Statistics

To display IP forwarding traffic statistics, enter the following command at any level of the CLI:

Syntax: show ip traffic

This command displays the following information related to IP forwarding.

Table 2.5: CLI Display of IP Route Table

This Field... Displays...

Total number of IP routes The total number of routes in the table, including routes that you

added and directly-connected routes the software added when you

added IP interfaces.

Start index The starting entry number in the table.

Destination The destination network of the route.

NetMask The network mask of the destination address.

Gateway The next-hop router.

Port The virtual routing interface to which the route belongs.

Cost The route's cost.

Type The route type, which can be one of the following:

• D – The destination is directly connected to the ServerIron.

• R – The route is a RIP route.

• S – The route is a static route.

Table 2.6: CLI Display of IP Forwarding Traffic Statistics

This Field... Displays...

received The total number of IP packets received by the device.

sent The total number of IP packets originated and sent by the device.

forwarded The total number of IP packets received by the device and forwarded

to other devices.

filtered The total number of IP packets filtered by the device.

ServerIron(config)# show ip traffic

IP Statistics

587 received, 593 sent, 14 forwarded

0 fragmented, 0 reassembled, 0 bad header

489 no route, 0 unknown proto, 0 no buffer, 9 other errors