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ProSafe M4100 and M7100 Managed Switches
Example: The following shows example CLI display output for the command.
<Switch> show hosts
Host name......................... Device
Default domain.................... gm.com
Default domain list............... yahoo.com, Stanford.edu, rediff.com
Domain Name lookup................ Enabled
Number of retries................. 5
Retry timeout period.............. 1500
Name servers (Preference order)... 176.16.1.18 176.16.1.19
Configured host name-to-address mapping:
Host Addresses
------------------------------ ------------------------------
accounting.gm.com 176.16.8.8
Host Total Elapsed Type Addresses
--------------- -------- ------ -------- --------------
www.stanford.edu 72 3 IP 171.64.14.203
Packet Capture Commands
Packet capture commands assist in troubleshooting protocol-related problems with the
management CPU. The packets to and from the management CPU can be captured in an
internally allocated buffer area for export to a PC host for protocol analysis. Public domain
packet analysis tools like Ethereal can be used to decode and review the packets in detail.
Capturing can be performed in a variety of modes, either transmit-side only, receive-side only,
or both. The number of packets captured will depend on the size of the captured packets.
capture {start|stop}
Use the command capture start to manually start capturing CPU packets for packet
trace. Capturing packets is stopped automatically when 128 packets are captured and have
not yet been displayed during a capture session. It is guaranteed that packets not displayed
and not saved will not be lost when capturing is in progress. Use the command capture
stop to manually stop capturing CPU packets for packet trace before the moment when 128
Default Domain
List
Default domain list.
Domain Name
Lookup
DNS client enabled/disabled.
Number of
Retries
Number of time to retry sending Domain Name System (DNS) queries.
Retry Timeout
Period
Amount of time to wait for a response to a DNS query.
Name Servers
Configured name servers.
Field Description