Fabric OS Reference Manual (Version 3.0)

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Telnet Commands

ifShow

Display network interface information.

Synopsis ifShow ["ifName"]

Availability All users

Description Use this command to display network interface status. If the operand ifName is provided, only the

that interface is displayed. If ifName is omitted, all interfaces are displayed. Each switch has three

interfaces:

“ei” or “fei” is the 10BaseT or 100BaseT ethernet interface

“lo” is the loopback interface

“fc” is the Fibre Channel interface

The “fc” interface is displayed for switches running IP over Fibre Channel that have been assigned

an FC-IP address. For each interface selected, the following information is displayed:

• Flags (for example, loopback, broadcast, arp, running, debug)

• Internet address

• Broadcast address

• Netmask and subnetmask

• Ethernet address

• Route metric

• Maximum transfer unit

• Number of packets received and sent

• Number of input errors, output errors, and collisions

Operands This command has the following operand:

ifName Specify the name of an interface, in quotation marks. This operand is optional.

Example To display ethernet interface information for a switch with a 10BaseT connection: