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Chapter 2 Monitoring the System
Monitoring with Cisco IOS Software
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Using show Commands
You can use IOS show commands to perform a variety of tasks:
•Monitor behavior during installation
•Monitor normal network operation
•Isolate problem interfaces, nodes, media, or applications
•Determine when a network is congested
•Determine the status of servers, clients, or other neighbors
Common show Commands
Commands that you are likely to use include the following:
•show interfaces displays statistics for network interfaces. (For example, show interfaces serial and show interfaces ethernet.)
•show buffers displays statistics for the buffer pools on the target device.
•show memory shows statistics about the device’s memory.
•show processes displays information about the active processes on the device.
•show stacks displays information about the stack utilization of processes and interrupt routines, as well as the reason for the last system reboot.
•show version displays the configuration of the system hardware, the software version, the names and sources of configuration files, and the boot images.
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