Command Reference Guide
122 ● display interface {Ethernet Gigabithernet} 3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 Family
Command Reference
display interface {Ethernet Gigabithernet}
Purpose Use the display interface { ethernet | gigabitethernet } command
to view information about Ethernet interfaces, such as their configurations and
current running state.
Syntax display interface { ethernet | gigabitethernet } [ interface-number ]
Parameters ethernet
Displays the state of FE interfaces.
gigabitethernet
Displays the state of GE interfaces.
interface-number
Interface number. If no interface is specified, the
configuration and state information on all the
interfaces is displayed.
Example Display state information about Ethernet interface 2/0/0.
<3Com > display interface ethernet 2/0/0
Ethernet2/0/0 current state : UP
Line protocol current state : UP
Description : Ethernet2/0/0 Interface
The Maximum Transmit Unit is 1500, Hold timer is 10(sec)
Internet Address is 172.31.29.103/16
IP Sending Frames’ Format is PKTFMT_ETHNT_2, Hardware address is
00e0.fc06.3085
Media type is twisted pair, loopback not set, promiscuous mode not set
100Mb/s-speed mode,Full-duplex mode,link type is autonegotiation
Output flow-control is unsupported, input flow-control is unsupported
Output queue : (Urgent queue : Size/Length/Discards) 0/500/0
Output queue : (FIFO queuing : Size/Length/Discards) 0/75/0
Last 5 minutes input rate 227.13 bytes/sec, 2.67 packets/sec
Last 5 minutes output rate 0.00 bytes/sec, 0.00 packets/sec
Input: 542665 packets, 47721004 bytes
271460 broadcasts, 271205 multicasts
0 errors, 0 runts, 0 giants,
0 CRC, 0 align errors, 0 overruns,
0 dribbles, 0 aborts, 0 no buffers
Output:0 packets, 0 bytes
0 errors, 0 underruns, 0 collisions
0 deferred
Table 1 Display on the fields of the display interface command
Field Description
Ethernet2/0/0 current state : UP Current state of the Ethernet interface
Line protocol current state Current state of the link layer protocol on the Ethernet
interface
Description Description about the Ethernet interface
The Maximum Transmit Unit is 1500 MTU of the Ethernet interface
Hold timer is 10(sec) Poll interval
Internet Address is 172.31.29.103/16 IP address and subnet mask of the Ethernet interface