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52 | System Management Commands
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Example 2
Figure 5-13. Example of show interface ethernet unit/slot/port Output (truncated)
The show interface ethernet display fields, when the argument is unit/slot/port, are as follows:
Transmit Packets Discarded The number of outbound packets which were chosen to be
discarded even though no errors had been detected to prevent their
being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol. A possible reason for
discarding a packet could be to free up buffer space.
Most Address Entries Ever Used The highest number of Forwarding Database Address Table
entries that have been learned by this switch since the most recent
reboot
Address Entries Currently in Use The number of Learned and static entries in the Forwarding
Database Address Table for this switch
Maximum VLAN Entries The maximum number of Virtual LANs (VLANs) allowed on this
switch
Most VLAN Entries Ever Used The largest number of VLANs that have been active on this switch
since the last reboot
Static VLAN Entries The number of presently active VLAN entries on this switch that
have been created statically
Dynamic VLAN Entries The number of presently active VLAN entries on this switch that
have been created by GVRP registration
VLAN Deletes The number of VLANs on this switch that have been created and
then deleted since the last reboot
Time Since Counters Last Cleared The elapsed time, in days, hours, minutes, and seconds, since the
statistics for this switch were last cleared
Table 5-7. Fields in Output of show interface ethernet switchport Command
Field Description
Table 5-8. Fields in Output of show interface ethernet unit/slot/port Command
Field Description
Packets Received
Type Indicates current type of use of the port, such as “PC Mbr” to
indicate port channel member, “Mirror” to indicate source port for
port-mirroring, “Probe” to indicate destination port for mirroring,
and, most commonly, “Normal”.
Admin Mode Whether the port is administratively enabled or disabled
Physical Mode Whether the port is physically up or down
(Force10) #show interface ethernet 1/0/1
Type........................................... Normal
Admin Mode..................................... Enable
Physical Mode.................................. Auto
Physical Status................................ Up
Speed.......................................... 1 Gig
Link Status.................................... Up
MAC Address.................................... 0001.E8D5.A0F8
Total Packets Received (Octets)................ 15508603844
Packets Received > 1522 Octets................. 0
Packets RX and TX 64 Octets.................... 0
Packets RX and TX 65-127 Octets................ 216200946
Packets RX and TX 128-255 Octets............... 2441
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