03 December, 2013

Cisco CCNP Switch Chapter 2

Monitoring Switching tables

To view the contents of the CAM table: 

Switch# show mac address-table dynamic [ address mac-address | interface type mod/num | vlan vlan-id ]

Determining Host Location by MAC Address: 

Switch# show mac address-table dynamic address aaaa.bbbb.cccc

Determining Hosts Active on an Interface: 

Switch# show mac address-table dynamic interface gigabitethernet 1/1

Finding Many Hosts on an Interface 

Switch# show mac address-table dynamic interface gigabitethernet 1/10

Checking the Size of the CAM Table: 

Switch# show mac address-table count 

CAM table entries can be cleared manually: 

Switch# clear mac address-table dynamic  [ address mac-address | interface type mod/num | vlan vlan-id ]