Chapter 20 Show Commands

show running-config

show running-config

To display the running configuration file, use the show running-configcommand

 

 

show running-config

 

 

 

[diff

 

 

 

interface [cpp fc fc slot/port fc-tunnel tunnel-idfcip fcip-numbergigabitethernet

 

 

slot/port iscsi slot/port mgmt 0 port-channel svc vsan vsan-id]

 

 

vsan vsan-id]

 

 

 

 

 

Syntax Description

 

diff

Displays the difference between the running and startup configurations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

interface

Displays running configuration information for a range of interfaces.

 

 

 

 

 

 

cpp

Displays the virtualization interface specific to the ASM module.

 

 

 

 

 

 

fc slot/port

Displays the Fibre Channel interface in the specified slot and port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

fc-tunnel tunnel-id

Displays description of the specified FC tunnel from 1 to 4095.

 

 

 

 

 

 

fcip fcip-number

Displays the description of the specified FCIP interface from 1 to 255.

 

 

 

 

 

 

gigabitethernet

Displays the description of the Gigabit Ethernet interface in the specified

 

 

slot/port

slot and port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

iscsi slot/port

Displays the description of the iSCSI interface in the specified slot and port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

mgmt 0

Displays the description of the management interface.

 

 

 

 

 

 

port-channel

Displays the description of the PortChannel interface.

 

 

 

 

 

 

sup-fc

Displays the inband interface details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

svc

Displays the virtualization interface specific to the CSM module.

 

 

 

 

 

 

vsan vsan-id

Displays VSAN-specific information. The ID ranges from 1 to 4093.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defaults

 

None.

 

 

 

 

 

Command Modes

 

EXEC mode.

 

 

 

 

Command History

 

This command was introduced in Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.0(2).

 

 

If the running configuration is different from the startup configuration, issue the show startup-config

Usage Guidelines

 

 

 

diff command to view the differences.

 

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