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SHOW PROTOCOLS
SHOW PROTOCOLS
Use the SHOW PROTOCOLS command to display the following information about
a CoreBuilder 5000 SwitchModule:
The FDDI-to-Ethernet translation settings the SwitchModule is using
The user-created and default protocol filters the SwitchModule is using
Rate limiting status (You can display a counter of the number of packets
discarded by entering the MONITOR BRIDGE_PORT or SHOW COUNTER
BRIDGE_PORT command. The counter displays in the Received Discards field.)
The Bridge Receive Discards is composed of Management Filtered Packets, Filtered
Packets, and Management Unicast Filtered Packets. These packets are all counters
on the FTE.
You can use this command to display information about one SwitchModule at a
time.
Format
show protocols
slot.
1
forwarding
translation
rate_limit_threshold
slot.
1
Selects a slot you want to display information about. Valid
values are slot 1 through 17, subslot 1.
forwarding
Displays information about user-created and default protocol
filters. By default, the SwitchModule uses the following filters:
Spanning Tree
IP
IP ARP
Appletalk ARP
Unknown Protocol
translation
Displays the FDDI-to-Ethernet translation settings the
SwitchModule is using.
rate_limit_threshold
Displays the status of rate limiting for a:
SwitchModule
Particular protocol type
Rate_Limit_Threshold values range from 0 through 65,534.
(If you set the rate limit threshold to 0 frames per second, the
SwitchModule filters all broadcast packets.)