# Monitoring VPLS

This chapter describes the commands you can use to monitor and troubleshoot the virtual private LAN service (VPLS) on E Series routers.

| Note: The E120 and E320 Broadband Services Routers output for monitor and show commands is identical to output from other E Series routers, except that the E120 and E320 router output also includes information about the adapter identifier in the interface specifier (slot/adapter/port).

This chapter contains the following sections:

- Setting the Baseline for VPLS Statistics
- Clearing Dynamic MAC Addresses from the VPLS Forwarding Table
- Clearing BGP Attributes for VPLS
- Monitoring VPLS Configuration and Statistics for a Specific VPLS Instance
- Monitoring VPLS Configuration and Statistics for All VPLS Instances
- Monitoring Configuration, Statistics, and Status for VPLS Network Interfaces
- Monitoring Configuration, Statistics, and Status for VPLS Core Interfaces
- Monitoring Configuration, Statistics, and Status for VPLS Ports
- Monitoring MAC Address Entries for a Specific VPLS Instance
- Monitoring Subscriber Policy Rules
- Monitoring Layer2 NLRI for VPLS Instances
- Monitoring BGP Next Hops for VPLS
- Monitoring LDP-Related Settings for VPLS
- Monitoring MPLS-Related Settings for VPLS
- Monitoring VPLS-Specific Settings