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System commands – Intel IXM5414E User Manual

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System commands

These commands display and configure system information and statistics.

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) cache

show arp switch

Use this command to display the connectivity between the switch and other devices. The Address
Resolution Protocol (ARP) cache identifies the MAC addresses of the IP stations communicating
with the switch.

Format

show arp switch

MAC Address

A unicast MAC address of a device on a subnet attached to one of the switch's
routing interfaces for which the switch has forwarding and/or filtering information.
The format is six two-digit hexadecimal numbers separated by hyphens, for
example 01-23-45-67-89-AB.

IP Address

The IP address associated with the MAC address.

Port

The identification of the port being used for the connection.

Forwarding DB

config forwardingdb agetime

Use this command to configure the forwarding database address aging timeout.

Default

300

Format

config forwardingdb agetime

Seconds

The parameter must be within the range of 10 to 1,000,000 seconds.

show forwardingdb agetime

Use this command to display the address aging timeout for the forwarding database.

Format

show forwardingdb agetime

Agetime

The address aging timeout for the forwarding database in seconds.

show forwardingdb learned

Use this command to display forwarding database entries for learned addresses.

Format

show forwardingdb learned

show forwardingdb table

Use this command to display the forwarding database entries. If the command is entered with no
parameter, the entire table is displayed. This is the same as entering the optional parameter.
Alternatively, you can enter a MAC address to display the table entry for that address and all entries
following it.

Format

show forwardingdb table

MAC Address

A unicast MAC address for which the switch has forwarding and/or filtering
information. The format is a two byte hexadecimal VLAN ID number followed by a
six byte MAC address with each byte separated by hyphens, for example 00-01-00-
23-45-67-89-AB.

Port

The physical interface on which the MAC address was learned.