# Monitoring External Parent Groups

#### Purpose

Display information about external parent groups.

#### Action

To display information about external parent groups:

    host1#show parent-group name EPG2

                                      Parent Group Table
                                      ------ ----- ------
    Parent Group EPG2
       Reference count: 1
       Rate limit profile: VLAN_RATE
       Next parent group: EPG1 parameter C

       Referenced by policies:
         P1

#### Meaning

Table 41 lists the show parent-group command output fields.

Table 41: show parent-group Output Fields

Field Name | Field Description
--- | ---
Reference count | Number of references within policies and other external parent groups.
Rate limit profile | Name of hierarchical rate limit profile.
Next parent group | Name of the next parent group and parameter.
Referenced by policies | List of policies where this parent group is referenced.
Referenced by parent groups | List of parent groups where the parent group is referenced.

#### Related Documentation

- show parent-group