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Display the Status of Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces

Purpose

To display the status of Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, use the following Junos OS command-line interface (CLI) operational mode command:

Action

Sample Output

user@host> show interfaces terse ge*
Interface       Admin Link Proto Local                 Remote
ge-2/2/0        down  down
ge-2/2/0.0      up    down inet  65.113.23.105/30
ge-2/3/0        up    up
ge-2/3/0.0      up    up   inet  65.115.56.57/30
ge-3/1/0        up    up
ge-3/1/0.0      up    up   inet  65.115.56.193/30
ge-3/2/0        up    down

Meaning

This sample output lists only the Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. It shows the status of both the physical and logical interfaces. See Table 1 for a description of what the output means.

Table 1: Status of Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces

Physical Interface

Logical Interface

Status Description

ge-2/2/0

Admin Down

Link Down

ge-2/2/0.0

Admin Up

Link Down

This interface is administratively disabled (Admin Down). Both the physical and logical links are down (Link Down).

ge-2/3/0

Admin Up

Link Up

ge-2/3/0.0

Admin Up

Link Up

This interface has both the physical and logical links up and running.

ge-3/2/0

Admin Up

Link Down

ge-3/2/0.0

Admin Up

Link Down

This interface has both the physical link and the logical interface down.

Published: 2012-12-10