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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Command Reference—Release 8.4
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Chapter 2 Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and ROM Monitor Commands
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To start the TopN process, use the show top command.
show top [N] [metric] [interval interval] [port_type] [background]
Syntax Description
Defaults The defaults are as follows:
• Number of ports displayed is 20.
• Port statistics to report on is util.
• Sample duration is 30 seconds.
• Switch port type is all.
Command Types Switch command.
Command Modes Normal.
N (Optional) Number of ports displayed; valid values are 1 to a maximum number of
physical ports.
metric (Optional) Port statistic to sort on; valid values are as follows:
util—utilization
bytes—in/out bytes
pkts—in/out packets
bcst—in/out broadcast packets
mcst—in/out multicast packets
errors—in errors
overflow—buffer overflow
interval (Optional) Specifies duration of sample (in seconds).
interval (Optional) Number of seconds for sample; valid values are 0 and from 10 to
999 seconds. If the value is 0, the N topmost ports by absolute counter values are
displayed.
port_type (Optional) Type of switch ports to use for report; valid values are as follows:
all—All port types are used
eth—All Ethernet port types are used
10e—10-Mbps Ethernet ports types are used
fe—Fast Ethernet port types are used
ge—Gigabit Ethernet port types are used
10ge—10-Gigabit Ethernet port types are used
background (Optional) Specifies the TopN report not to print to the screen when the task is done.
Instead, a notification is sent out when the reports are ready.