Specifications

IP Switching Commands
show mls cef
ISW-199
Cisco IOS IP Switching Command Reference
May 2008
show mls cef
To display the Multilayer Switching (MLS)-hardware Layer 3-switching table entries, use the show mls
cef command in user EXEC or privileged EXEC mode.
show mls cef [ip] [prefix [mask-length | load-info]] [detail] [module number]
show mls cef [ip] [{lookup ...} | {multicast ...} | {rpf ...} | {vpn ...} | {vrf ...}]
show mls cef [{adjacency ...} | {block block-number [entries}] | {config-register reg-address} |
{diags [detail]} | {entry index [detail]} | {exact-route ...} | {hardware [module number]} |
{inconsistency ...} | {lookup ...} | {masks [type] [module number]} | {rpf ...} | {statistics ...}
| {summary [module number]} | {used-blocks [type] [module number]} | {vpn ...} | {vrf ...}]
show mls cef [{eom ...} | {ip ...} | {ipv6 ...} | {mpls ...}]
Syntax Description ip (Optional) Displays IPv6 unicast entries in the MLS-hardware Layer 3-switching
table; see the “Usage Guidelines” section for additional information.
prefix (Optional) Entry prefix in the format A.B.C.D.
mask-length (Optional) Mask length; valid values are from 0 to 32.
load-info (Optional) Displays output with a hash value next to each adjacency.
detail (Optional) Displays detailed hardware information. See the “Usage Guidelines”
section for important information.
module number (Optional) Displays information about the entries for a specific module.
lookup ... (Optional) Displays IP entries in the MLS-hardware Layer 3-switching table for the
specified destination IP address. See the
show mls cef lookup command.
multicast ... (Optional) Displays IP entries in the MLS-hardware Layer 3-switching table in the
compact Cisco Express Forwarding table display format; see the
show mls cef ip
multicast command.
rpf ... (Optional) Displays information about the Reverse Path Forwarding (RPF)
hardware in the MLS-hardware Layer
3-switching table; see the show mls cef rpf
command.
vpn ... (Optional) Displays information about the Virtual Private Network (VPN) ID Cisco
Express Forwarding table. See the “Usage Guidelines” section for important
information.
vrf ... (Optional) Displays information about the Cisco Express Forwarding table for the
specified VRF name.
adjacency ... (Optional) Displays information about the MLS-hardware Layer 3-switching
adjacency node; see the
show mls cef adjacency command.
block
block-number
(Optional) Displays information about the mask-block utilization for a specific
block; valid values are from 0 to 4294967295. See the “Usage Guidelines” section
for important information.
entries (Optional) Displays the mask-block utilization entries. See the “Usage Guidelines”
section for important information.
config-register
reg-address
(Optional) Displays information about the hardware configuration register for a
specific register. See the “Usage Guidelines” section for important information.