Specifications

IP Switching Commands
show ip mds summary
ISW-195
Cisco IOS IP Switching Command Reference
May 2008
show ip mds summary
To display a summary of the Multicast Forwarding Information Base (MFIB) table for multicast
distributed switching (MDS), use the show ip mds summary command in user EXEC or privileged
EXEC mode.
show ip mds summary
Syntax Description This command has no arguments or keywords.
Command Modes User EXEC
Privileged EXEC
Command History
Usage Guidelines Use this command on a line card. On a Gigabit Switched Router (GSR) only, line card commands can
be executed from the Route Processor (RP) using the following syntax:
execute [slot slot-number | all] command
The command argument is any of the line card show commands, such as show ip mds summary or show
ip mds forward.
Examples The following is sample output from the show ip mds summary command:
Router# show ip mds summary
IP multicast MDFS forwarding information and statistics:
Flags: N - Not MDFS switchable, F - Not all MDFS switchable, O - OIF Null
R - In-ratelimit, A - In-access, M - MTU mismatch, P - Register set
Interface state: Interface, Next-Hop, Mac header
(*, 224.2.170.73),
Incoming interface: Null
Pkts: 0, last used: never, Kbps: 0, fast-flags: N
(172.17.62.86, 224.2.170.73) [31]
Incoming interface: Fddi3/0/0
Pkts: 3045, last used: 00:00:03, Kbps: 0, fast-flags: M
(172.22.3.7, 224.2.170.73) [334]
Incoming interface: Fddi3/0/0
Pkts: 0, last used: never, Kbps: 0, fast-flags: M
Table 39 describes the significant fields in the display.
Release Modification
11.2(11)GS This command was introduced.
12.2(33)SRA This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(33)SRA.
12.2SX This command is supported in the Cisco IOS Release 12.2SX train. Support
in a specific 12.2SX release of this train depends on your feature set,
platform, and platform hardware.