Monitoring the Status of MAC Address Validation on Physical Interfaces

Purpose

Displays the status of the MAC address validation on the physical interface.

Action

To display the status of the MAC address validation on the physical interface:

host1:boston#show ip mac-validate interface fastEthernet 11/0 
FastEthernet11/0:  Strict
         Address     Hardware Addr
         3.3.3.3     0090.1a30.3365
         4.4.4.4     0090.1a30.3368

Meaning

Table 27 lists the show ip mac-validate interface fastEthernet command output fields.

Table 27: show ip mac-validate interface fastEthernet Output Fields

Field Name

Field Description

FastEthernet interfaceSpecifier

On the ERX14xx models, ERX7xx models, and ERX310 router, the Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet interface is of the format:slot/port; on the E120 and E320 routers, the Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, or 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface is of the format: slot/adapter/port

Keyword assigned to interface

Type of MAC address validation configured on the interface. Possible values are:

  • Strict—Prevents transmission of IP packets • that do not reside in the validation table
  • Loose—Allows IP packets to pass through even though the packets do not have entries in the validation table; only packets that have matching IP–MAC pair entries in the table are validated; this is the default setting

Address

IP address of the entry

Hardware Addr

Physical (MAC) address of the entry

Related Documentation