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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Command Reference—Release7.6
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Chapter2 Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and ROM Monitor Commands show port broadcast
show port broadcast
To display broadcast information, use the show port broadcast command.
show port broadcast [mod[/port]]
Syntax Description
Defaults This command has no default settings.
Command Types Switch command.
Command Modes Privileged.
Usage Guidelines If you do not specify a mod value, the ports on all modules are shown.
If you do not specify a port value, all the ports on the module are shown.
On the 1000BASE-X switching module, when you specify a port for b roa dca st suppre ssion , t h e t raffic
is suppressed only in the network-to-Catalyst 6500 series switch bus direction.
Examples This example shows how to display broadcast information for mod ul e 4, p ort 6:
Console> show port broadcast 4/6
Port Broadcast-Limit Multicast Unicast Total-Drop Violation
-------- --------------- --------- ------- -------------------- ------------
4/6 90.00 % - - 0 drop-packets
Console>
Table 2 -62 describes the possible fields (depending on th e port type queried) in the show port broadcast
command output.
mod (Optional) Number of the module.
port (Optional) Number of the port on the module.
Table2-62 show port broadcast Command Output Fields
Field Description
Port Module and port number.
Broadcast-Limit Broadcast threshold configured for the port.
Multicast Number of multicast packets dropped.
Unicast Number of unicast packets dropped.