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    show ethernet-switching table

    Syntax

    show ethernet-switching table<brief | detail | extensive | summary><interface interface-name><management-vlan>
    <persistent-mac <interface interface-name>>
    <sort-by (name | tag)><vlan vlan-name>

    Release Information

    Command introduced in Junos OS Release 9.0 for EX Series switches.

    Options summary, management-vlan, and vlan vlan-name introduced in Junos OS Release 9.6 for EX Series switches.

    Option sort-by and field name tag introduced in Junos OS Release 10.1 for EX Series switches.

    Option persistent-mac introduced in Junos OS Release 11.4 for EX Series switches.

    Description

    Note: If your EX Series switch CLI displays different options for the show ethernet-switching table command than the options shown in this document, see show ethernet-switching table.

    Display the Ethernet switching table.

    Options

    none

    (Optional) Display brief information about the Ethernet switching table.

    brief | detail | extensive | summary

    (Optional) Display the specified level of output.

    interface interface-name

    (Optional) Display the Ethernet switching table for a specific interface.

    management-vlan

    (Optional) Display the Ethernet switching table for a management VLAN.

    persistent-mac <interface interface-name>

    (Optional) Display the persistent MAC addresses learned for all interfaces or a specified interface. You can use this command to view entries that you want to clear for an interface that you intentionally disabled.

    sort-by (name | tag)

    (Optional) Display VLANs in ascending order of VLAN IDs or VLAN names.

    vlan vlan-name

    (Optional) Display the Ethernet switching table for a specific VLAN.

    Required Privilege Level

    view

    List of Sample Output

    show ethernet-switching table
    show ethernet-switching table brief
    show ethernet-switching table detail
    show ethernet-switching table extensive
    show ethernet-switching table persistent-mac
    show ethernet-switching table persistent-mac interface ge-0/0/16.0

    Output Fields

    Table 1 lists the output fields for the show ethernet-switching table command. Output fields are listed in the approximate order in which they appear.

    Table 1: show ethernet-switching table Output Fields

    Field Name

    Field Description

    Level of Output

    VLAN

    The name of a VLAN.

    All levels

    Tag

    The VLAN ID tag name or number.

    extensive

    MAC or MAC address

    The MAC address associated with the VLAN.

    All levels

    Type

    The type of MAC address. Values are:

    • static—The MAC address is manually created.
    • learn—The MAC address is learned dynamically from a packet's source MAC address.
    • flood—The MAC address is unknown and flooded to all members.
    • persistent—The learned MAC addresses that will persist across restarts of the switch or interface-down events.

    All levels except persistent-mac

    Type

    The type of MAC address. Values are:

    • installed—addresses that are in the Ethernet switching table.
    • uninstalled—addresses that could not be installed in the table or were uninstalled in an interface-down event and will be reinstalled in the table when the interface comes back up.

    persistent-mac

    Age

    The time remaining before the entry ages out and is removed from the Ethernet switching table.

    All levels

    Interfaces

    Interface associated with learned MAC addresses or All-members (flood entry).

    All levels

    Learned

    For learned entries, the time which the entry was added to the Ethernet switching table.

    detail, extensive

    Nexthop index

    The next-hop index number.

    detail, extensive

    persistent-mac

    installed indicates MAC addresses that are in the Ethernet switching table and uninstalled indicates MAC addresses that could not be installed in the table or were uninstalled in an interface-down event (and will be reinstalled in the table when the interface comes back up).

    Sample Output

    show ethernet-switching table

    user@switch> show ethernet-switching table
    Ethernet-switching table: 57 entries, 15 learned, 2 persistent
      VLAN              MAC address       Type         Age Interfaces
      F2                *                 Flood          - All-members
      F2                00:00:05:00:00:03 Learn          0 ge-0/0/44.0
      F2                00:19:e2:50:7d:e0 Static         - Router
      Linux             *                 Flood          - All-members
      Linux             00:19:e2:50:7d:e0 Static         - Router
      Linux             00:30:48:90:54:89 Learn          0 ge-0/0/47.0
      T1                *                 Flood          - All-members
      T1                00:00:05:00:00:01 Persistent     0 ge-0/0/46.0
      T1                00:00:5e:00:01:00 Static         - Router
      T1                00:19:e2:50:63:e0 Persistent     0 ge-0/0/46.0
      T1                00:19:e2:50:7d:e0 Static         - Router
      T10               *                 Flood          - All-members
      T10               00:00:5e:00:01:09 Static         - Router
      T10               00:19:e2:50:63:e0 Learn          0 ge-0/0/46.0
      T10               00:19:e2:50:7d:e0 Static         - Router
      T111              *                 Flood          - All-members
      T111              00:19:e2:50:63:e0 Learn          0 ge-0/0/15.0
      T111              00:19:e2:50:7d:e0 Static         - Router
      T111              00:19:e2:50:ac:00 Learn          0 ge-0/0/15.0
      T2                *                 Flood          - All-members
      T2                00:00:5e:00:01:01 Static         - Router
      T2                00:19:e2:50:63:e0 Learn          0 ge-0/0/46.0
      T2                00:19:e2:50:7d:e0 Static         - Router
      T3                *                 Flood          - All-members
      T3                00:00:5e:00:01:02 Static         - Router
      T3                00:19:e2:50:63:e0 Learn          0 ge-0/0/46.0
      T3                00:19:e2:50:7d:e0 Static         - Router
      T4                *                 Flood          - All-members
      T4                00:00:5e:00:01:03 Static         - Router
      T4                00:19:e2:50:63:e0 Learn          0 ge-0/0/46.0
    [output truncated]

    show ethernet-switching table brief

    user@switch> show ethernet-switching table brief
    Ethernet-switching table: 57 entries, 15 learned, 2 persistent entries
      VLAN              MAC address       Type         Age Interfaces
      F2                *                 Flood          - All-members
      F2                00:00:05:00:00:03 Learn          0 ge-0/0/44.0
      F2                00:19:e2:50:7d:e0 Static         - Router
      Linux             *                 Flood          - All-members
      Linux             00:19:e2:50:7d:e0 Static         - Router
      Linux             00:30:48:90:54:89 Learn          0 ge-0/0/47.0
      T1                *                 Flood          - All-members
      T1                00:00:05:00:00:01 Persistent     0 ge-0/0/46.0
      T1                00:00:5e:00:01:00 Static         - Router
      T1                00:19:e2:50:63:e0 Persistent     0 ge-0/0/46.0
      T1                00:19:e2:50:7d:e0 Static         - Router
      T10               *                 Flood          - All-members
      T10               00:00:5e:00:01:09 Static         - Router
      T10               00:19:e2:50:63:e0 Learn          0 ge-0/0/46.0
      T10               00:19:e2:50:7d:e0 Static         - Router
      T111              *                 Flood          - All-members
      T111              00:19:e2:50:63:e0 Learn          0 ge-0/0/15.0
      T111              00:19:e2:50:7d:e0 Static         - Router
      T111              00:19:e2:50:ac:00 Learn          0 ge-0/0/15.0
      T2                *                 Flood          - All-members
      T2                00:00:5e:00:01:01 Static         - Router
      T2                00:19:e2:50:63:e0 Learn          0 ge-0/0/46.0
      T2                00:19:e2:50:7d:e0 Static         - Router
      T3                *                 Flood          - All-members
      T3                00:00:5e:00:01:02 Static         - Router
      T3                00:19:e2:50:63:e0 Learn          0 ge-0/0/46.0
      T3                00:19:e2:50:7d:e0 Static         - Router
      T4                *                 Flood          - All-members
      T4                00:00:5e:00:01:03 Static         - Router
      T4                00:19:e2:50:63:e0 Learn          0 ge-0/0/46.0
    [output truncated]

    show ethernet-switching table detail

    user@switch> show ethernet-switching table detail
    Ethernet-switching table: 5 entries, 2 learned entries
     VLAN: default, Tag: 0, MAC: *, Interface: All-members
      Interfaces:
       ge-0/0/11.0, ge-0/0/20.0, ge-0/0/30.0, ge-0/0/36.0, ge-0/0/3.0
      Type: Flood
      Nexthop index: 1307
    
     VLAN: default, Tag: 0, MAC: 00:1f:12:30:b8:83, Interface: ge-0/0/3.0
       Type: Learn, Age: 0, Learned: 20:09:26
       Nexthop index: 1315
    
     VLAN: v1, Tag: 101, MAC: *, Interface: All-members
      Interfaces:
       ge-0/0/31.0
      Type: Flood
      Nexthop index: 1313
    
     VLAN: v1, Tag: 101, MAC: 00:1f:12:30:b8:89, Interface: ge-0/0/31.0
      Type: Learn, Age: 0, Learned: 20:09:25
      Nexthop index: 1312
    
     VLAN: v2, Tag: 102, MAC: *, Interface: All-members
      Interfaces:                         
       ae0.0
      Type: Flood
      Nexthop index: 1317
    

    show ethernet-switching table extensive

    user@switch> show ethernet-switching table extensive
    Ethernet-switching table: 3 entries, 1 learned, 5 persistent entries 
    
        VLAN: v1, Tag: 10, MAC: *, Interface: All-members
        Interfaces:
                    ge-0/0/14.0, ge-0/0/1.0, ge-0/0/2.0, ge-0/0/3.0, ge-0/0/4.0,
                    ge-0/0/5.0, ge-0/0/6.0, ge-0/0/7.0, ge-0/0/8.0, ge-0/0/10.0,
                    ge-0/0/0.0
        Type: Flood
        Nexthop index: 567
    
        VLAN: v1, Tag: 10, MAC: 00:21:59:c6:93:22, Interface: Router
        Type: Static
        Nexthop index: 0
    
        VLAN: v1, Tag: 10, MAC: 00:21:59:c9:9a:4e, Interface: ge-0/0/14.0
        Type: Learn, Age: 0, Learned: 18:40:50
        Nexthop index: 564

    show ethernet-switching table persistent-mac

    user@switch> show ethernet-switching table persistent-mac
    VLAN              MAC address       Type       Interface
    default           00:10:94:00:00:02 installed    ge-0/0/42.0
    default           00:10:94:00:00:03 installed    ge-0/0/42.0
    default           00:10:94:00:00:04 installed    ge-0/0/42.0
    default           00:10:94:00:00:05 installed    ge-0/0/42.0
    default           00:10:94:00:00:06 installed    ge-0/0/42.0
    default           00:10:94:00:05:02 uninstalled ge-0/0/16.0
    default           00:10:94:00:06:03 uninstalled ge-0/0/16.0
    default           00:10:94:00:07:04 uninstalled ge-0/0/16.0
    

    show ethernet-switching table persistent-mac interface ge-0/0/16.0

    VLAN              MAC address       Type       Interface
    default           00:10:94:00:05:02 uninstalled ge-0/0/16.0
    default           00:10:94:00:06:03 uninstalled ge-0/0/16.0
    default           00:10:94:00:07:04 uninstalled ge-0/0/16.0
    

    Published: 2014-04-24