Utility Commands
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ProSafe Managed Switch

The display parameters, when the argument is “switchport” are as follows:

Packets
Received
Without Error
Broadcast
Packets
Received
Packets
Received With
Error
Packets
Transmitted
Without Error
Broadcast
Packets
Transmitted
Transmit Packet
Errors
Address Entries
Currently In Use
VLAN Entries
Currently In Use
Time Since
Counters Last
Cleared
show interface counters

This command reports key summary statistics for all ports (physical, CPU, and port-channel).

Format show interface counters
Mode
The following shows example CLI display output for the command.
(Routing) #show interface counters
Port InOctets InUcastPkts InMcastPkts InBcastPkts
--------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
0/1 0 0 0 0
0/2 0 0 0 0
0/3 15098 0 31 39
0/4 0 0 0 0
0/5 0 0 0 0
0/6 0 0 0 0
0/7 0 0 0 0
0/8 0 0 0 0
0/9 0 0 0 0
0/10 0 0 0 0
0/11 0 0 0 0
Term Definition
The total number of packets (including broadcast packets and multicast packets)
received by the processor.
The total number of packets received that were directed to the broadcast address. Note
that this does not include multicast packets.
The number of inbound packets that contained errors preventing them from being
deliverable to a higher-layer protocol.
The total number of packets transmitted out of the interface.
The total number of packets that higher-level protocols requested to be transmitted to the
Broadcast address, including those that were discarded or not sent.
The number of outbound packets that could not be transmitted because of errors.
The total number of Forwarding Database Address Table entries now active on the
switch, including learned and static entries.
The number of VLAN entries presently occupying the VLAN table.
The elapsed time, in days, hours, minutes, and seconds since the statistics for this switch
were last cleared.
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