Utility Commands
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ProSafe M4100 and M7100 Managed Switches
show mac-addr-table
This command displays the forwarding database entries. These entries are used by the
transparent bridging function to determine how to forward a received frame.
Enter all or no parameter to display the entire table. Enter a MAC Address and VLAN ID to
display the table entry for the requested MAC address on the specified VLAN. Enter the
count parameter to view summary information about the forwarding database table. Use the
interface <slot/port> parameter to view MAC addresses on a specific interface. Use
the vlan <vlan_id> parameter to display information about MAC addresses on a specified
VLAN.
Format show mac-addr-table [{<macaddr> <vlan_id> | all | count | interface
<slot/port> | vlan <vlan_id>}]
Mode
The following information displays if you do not enter a parameter, the keyword all, or the
MAC address and VLAN ID. If you enter vlan <vlan_id>, only the Mac Address, Interface,
and Status fields appear.
VLAN Deletes The number of VLANs on this switch that have been created and then deleted since the last
reboot.
Time Since
Counters Last
Cleared
The elapsed time, in days, hours, minutes, and seconds since the statistics for this switch were
last cleared.
Privileged EXEC
Term Definition
Mac Address A unicast MAC address for which the switch has forwarding and or filtering information.
The format is 6 or 8 two-digit hexadecimal numbers that are separated by colons, for
example 01:23:45:67:89:AB. In an IVL system the MAC address will be displayed as
8 bytes.
Interface The port through which this address was learned.
Term Definition