Specifications

IP Switching Commands
show mls cef summary
ISW-241
Cisco IOS IP Switching Command Reference
May 2008
show mls cef summary
To display the number of routes in the Multilayer Switching (MLS)-hardware Layer 3-switching table
for all the protocols, use the show mls cef summary command in user EXEC or privileged EXEC mode.
show mls cef summary [module number]
Syntax Description
Command Modes User EXEC
Privileged EXEC
Command History
Usage Guidelines The number of prefixes in the MLS-hardware Layer 3-switching table indicates the individual numbers
for IPv4 and IPv6 unicast, IPv4 multicast, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), and EoM routes.
For Cisco 7600 series routers that are configured with a Supervisor Engine 2, the output displays the
CEF-switched packets and total bytes.
Examples Supervisor Engine 720 Examples
This example shows the output from Cisco 7600 series routers that are configured with a Supervisor
Engine
720.
This example shows how to display a summary of MLS-hardware Layer 3-switching information:
Router# show mls cef summary
Total routes: 80385
IPv4 unicast routes: 42
IPv4 Multicast routes: 5
MPLS routes: 0
IPv6 unicast routes: 2
EoM routes: 0
Router#
Supervisor Engine 2 Examples
This example shows the output from Cisco 7600 series routers that are configured with a Supervisor
Engine
2.
This example shows how to display a summary of MLS-hardware Layer 3-switching information:
module number (Optional) Displays the information for a specific module.
Release Modification
12.2(14)SX Support for this command was introduced on the Supervisor Engine 720.
12.2(17a)SX The output was changed and no longer displays the Cisco Express Forwarding
switched packets and bytes total.
12.2(17d)SXB Support for this command on the Supervisor Engine 2 was extended to
Release
12.2(17d)SXB.
12.2(33)SRA This command was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(33)SRA.