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Chapter 2 Cisco IOS Commands for the Catalyst 4500 Series Switches
show mac-address-table address
show mac-address-table address
To display MAC address table information for a specific MAC address, use the
show mac-address-table address command.
show mac-address-table address mac_addr [interface type slot/port | protocol protocol | vlan
vlan_id]
Syntax Description
Defaults This command has no default settings.
Command Modes Privileged EXEC mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines For the MAC address table entries that are used by the routed ports, the routed port name is displayed in
the “vlan” column not the internal VLAN number.
The keyword definitions for the protocol variable are as follows:
• ip specifies the IP protocol.
• ipx specifies the IPX protocols.
• assigned specifies the assigned protocol entries.
• other specifies the other protocol entries.
mac_addr 48-bit MAC address; the valid format is H.H.H.
interface type slot/port (Optional) Displays information for a specific interface; valid values for
type are fastethernet, gigabitethernet, and tengigabitethernet.
protocol protocol (Optional) Specifies a protocol. See the “Usage Guidelines” section for
more information.
vlan vlan_id (Optional) Displays entries for the specific VLAN only; valid values are
from 1 to 4094.
Release Modification
12.1(8a)EW Support for this command was introduced on the Catalyst 4500 series switch.
12.1(12c)EW Added support for extended VLAN addresses.
12.2(25)EW Added support for the 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface.