# Monitoring MPLS-Related Settings for VPLS

#### Purpose

Display MPLS-related settings for VPLS instances.

#### Action

To display information for a specific MPLS label being used for forwarding:

    host1:ve1#show mpls forwarding label 17
    In label: 17
      Label space: platform label space
      Owner: bgp
      Spoof check: router pe1
      Action:
        MPLS next-hop: 3, Forward to bridge-group customer1
      Statistics:
        0 in pkts
        0 in Octets
        0 in errors
        0 in discard pkts

To display summary information for all MPLS labels being used for forwarding:

    host1:ve1#show mpls forwarding brief

    In-label   Owner    Action
    --------   -----    ----------------------------------
    17         bgp      Forward to bridge-group customer1
    27         bgp      Forward to bridge-group customer2

#### Meaning

Table 130 lists the show mpls forwarding command output fields.

Table 130: show mpls forwarding Output Fields

Field Name | Field Description
--- | ---
In label | Label sent to upstream neighbor for route
Out label | Label received from downstream neighbor for route
Label space | Label space in which the label is assigned
Owner | Signaling protocol that placed the label in the forwarding table: BGP, LDP, or RSVP-TE
Spoof check | Type and location of spoof checking performed on the MPLS packet, router, or interface
Action | Action taken for MPLS packets arriving with that label
in pkts | Number of packets sent with the label
in Octets | Number of octets sent with the label
in errors | Number of packets that are dropped for some reason before being sent
in discardPkts | Number of packets that are discarded due to lack of buffer space before being sent

#### Related Documentation

- show mpls forwarding