ProSafe XSM7224S Managed Stackable Switch CLI Manual, Software Version 9.0
Utility Commands 6-10
v1.0, November 2010
show interface ethernet
This command displays detailed statistics for a specific interface or for all CPU traffic based upon
the argument.
When you specify a value for <unit/slot/port>, the command displays the following
information.
Address Entries
Currently In Use
The total number of Forwarding Database Address Table entries now active on the
switch, including learned and static entries.
VLAN Entries
Currently In Use
The number of VLAN entries presently occupying the VLAN table.
Time Since
Counters Last
Cleared
The elapsed time, in days, hours, minutes, and seconds since the statistics for this switch
were last cleared.
Format show interface ethernet
{<unit/slot/port> | switchport}
Mode Privileged EXEC
Term Definition
Total Packets
Received
(Octets)
The total number of octets of data received by the processor (excluding framing bits but
including FCS octets).
Packets
Received
Without Error
The total number of packets (including broadcast packets and multicast packets) received
by the processor.
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.
Term Definition