Specifications

IP Switching Commands
show cef interface
ISW-123
Cisco IOS IP Switching Command Reference
May 2008
show cef interface
To display detailed Cisco Express Forwarding information for a specified interface or for all interfaces,
use the show cef interface command in user EXEC or privileged EXEC mode.
show cef interface [type number] [statistics | detail | internal | brief | policy-statistics [input |
output]]
Syntax Description
Command Modes User EXEC
Privileged EXEC
Command History
type number (Optional) Interface type and number.
No space is required between the interface type and number.
statistics (Optional) Displays switching statistics for an interface or interfaces.
detail (Optional) Displays detailed Cisco Express Forwarding information for the
specified interface type and number.
internal (Optional) Displays internal Cisco Express Forwarding interface status and
configuration.
brief (Optional) Summarizes the Cisco Express Forwarding interface state.
policy-statistics (Optional) Displays Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) policy statistical
information for a specific interface or for all interfaces.
input (Optional) Displays BGP accounting policy statistics for traffic that is
traveling through an input interface.
output (Optional) Displays BGP accounting policy statistics for traffic that is
traveling through an output interface.
Release Modification
11.2GS This command was introduced to support the Cisco 12012 Internet router.
11.1CC Support for multiple platforms was added.
12.0(14)ST This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.0(14)ST, and the statistics
keyword was added.
12.2(2)T This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(2)T, and the detail
keyword was added.
12.2(13)T The policy-statistics keyword was added.
12.0(22)S The input and output keywords were added.
The display output was modified to include support for Cisco Express Forwarding for
IPv6 and distributed Cisco Express Forwarding interface information. Output fields
that support BGP policy accounting were added for the Cisco
7200 series and Cisco
7500 series platforms.