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68 System Management Commands
show interface ethernet
Example 1
Figure 10 Example of show interface ethernet switchport Output
The display fields of show interface ethernet, when the keyword switchport is added,
are as follows:
Table 7 Fields in Output of show interface ethernet switchport Command
Field Description
Total Packets Received (Octets) The total number of octets of data received by the processor
(excluding framing bits but including FCS octets).
Unicast Packets Received The number of subnetwork-unicast packets delivered to a
higher-layer protocol
Multicast Packets Received The total number of packets received that were directed to a
multicast address. Note that this number does not include
packets directed to the broadcast address.
Broadcast Packets Received The total number of packets received that were directed to
the broadcast address. Note that this does not include
multicast packets.
Receive Packets Discarded The number of inbound packets which were chosen to be
discarded even though no errors had been detected to
prevent their being deliverable to a higher-layer protocol. A
possible reason for discarding a packet could be to free up
buffer space.
Octets Transmitted The total number of octets transmitted out of the interface,
including framing characters
Packets Transmitted without Errors The total number of packets transmitted out of the interface
Unicast Packets Transmitted The total number of packets that higher-level protocols
requested be transmitted to a subnetwork-unicast address,
including those that were discarded or not sent
Multicast Packets Transmitted The total number of packets that higher-level protocols
requested be transmitted to a Multicast address, including
those that were discarded or not sent
(Force10) #show interface ethernet switchport
Total Packets Received (Octets)................ 40648140
Unicast Packets Received....................... 324
Multicast Packets Received..................... 307772
Broadcast Packets Received..................... 3
Receive Packets Discarded...................... 0
Octets Transmitted............................. 42855160
Packets Transmitted Without Errors............. 319879
Unicast Packets Transmitted.................... 327
Multicast Packets Transmitted.................. 307916
Broadcast Packets Transmitted.................. 11636
Transmit Packets Discarded..................... 0
Most Address Entries Ever Used................. 5
Address Entries Currently in Use............... 2
Maximum VLAN Entries........................... 1024
Most VLAN Entries Ever Used.................... 2
Static VLAN Entries............................ 2
Dynamic VLAN Entries........................... 0
VLAN Deletes................................... 0
Time Since Counters Last Cleared............... 2 day 16 hr 9 min 26 sec