Managing Switch Network Addresses and Routes
show mac
Use this command to display the timeout period for aging learned MAC addresses, and to show
MAC addresses in the switch's filtering database.
Syntax
show mac [agetime] [address mac-address] [fid fid] [vlan-id vlan-id] [port-string
port-string] [type {other | invalid | learned | self | mgmt}] [field-decode]
[unicast-as-multicast] [-verbose]
Parameters
agetime
address mac‐address
fid
fid
vlan‐id
port‐string port‐string
type other | invalid |
learned | self | mgmt
field‐decode
unicast‐as‐
multicast
‐verbose
Defaults
If no parameters are specified, all MAC addresses for the device will be displayed.
Mode
Switch command, Read‐Only.
Usage
These are addresses learned on a port through the switching process or statically entered. To show
port MAC addresses programmed into the device during manufacturing, use the show port mac
command as described in "show port mac" on page 12‐9.
Examples
This example shows how to display the MAC address timeout period:
Matrix(rw)->show mac agetime
Aging time: 300 seconds
This example shows how to display MAC address information for Fast Ethernet port 3 in module
1:
12-10 Network Address and Route Management Configuration
(Optional) Display the time in seconds that a learned MAC address will
stay in the filtering database.
(Optional) Displays a specific MAC address (if it is known by the
device).
(Optional) Displays MAC addresses for a specific filter database
identifier.
vlan-id
(Optional) Displays MAC addresses for a specific VLAN based on the
VLAN ID, for static multicast entries only.
(Optional) Displays MAC addresses for a specific port or range of ports.
For a detailed description of possible port‐string values, refer to "Port
String Syntax Used in the CLI" on page 4‐2.
(Optional) Display MAC addresses defined as other, invalid, learned,
self or mgmt (management).
(Optional) Display the meanings of the fields in the show mac
command.
(Optional) Display matches of unlearned destination MAC address
against the static multicast MAC entries.
(Optional) Displays all MAC address information in detail.
show mac
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