Monitoring MAC Address Entries for a Specific VPLS Instance
Purpose
Display information about the MAC address entries in the forwarding table for the specified VPLS instance.
Action
To display information about the MAC address entries:
host1#show bridge vpls1 table Bridge: vpls1 MAC Address Table Address Action Interface Age -------------- -------------------- -------------------------- ------- 0009.01a0.002e forward ATM10/1.1.1 0 0090.1a41.3aca forward vpls (10) 0
Meaning
Table 1 lists the show bridge table command output fields.
Table 1: show bridge table Output Fields
Field Name | Field Description |
|---|---|
Bridge | Name of the VPLS instance for which the MAC address table is displayed |
Address | MAC address of the entry |
Action | Specifies how the VPLS instance handles this entry: forward or discard |
Interface | Interface type and specifier on which the entry is forwarded; this value does not appear for entries that are discarded; vpls identifies the VPLS virtual core interface |
Age | Length of time that a dynamic entry has been in the forwarding table; this value does not appear for static entries |
