Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
When you're troubleshooting Ethernet media in a Cisco router environment, the
show interfaces
ethernet
command provides several key fields of information that can assist with isolating problems.
The following section provides a detailed description of the
show interfaces ethernet
command and the
information that it provides.
show interfaces ethernet
Use the
show interfaces ethernet privileged
exec command to display information about an Ethernet
interface on the router:
•
show interfaces ethernet unit [accounting]
•
show interfaces ethernet
[
slot
|
port
] [
accounting
] (for the Cisco 7200 series and Cisco 7500)
•
show interfaces ethernet
[
type slot
|
port-adapter
|
port
] (for ports on VIP cards in the Cisco 7500
series routers)
Syntax Description
unit
—This must match a port number on the selected interface.
accounting
—(Optional) This displays the number of packets of each protocol type that have been sent
through the interface.
slot
—Refer to the appropriate hardware manual for slot and port information.
port
—Refer to the appropriate hardware manual for slot and port information.
port-adapter
—Refer to the appropriate hardware manual for information about port adapter
compatibility.
Command Mode
Privileged exec
Usage Guidelines
This command first appeared in Cisco IOS Release 10.0. If you do not provide values for the argument
unit
(or
slot
and
port
on the Cisco 7200 series, or
slot
and
port-adapter
on the Cisco 7500 series), the
command will display statistics for all network interfaces. The optional keyword
accounting
displays
the number of packets of each protocol type that have been sent through the interface.
