Cisco MDS 9000 Series

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide
OL-5183-02, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.3
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting IP Storage Issues
Troubleshooting IP Connections
A sample output of the sh ips arp command follows.
switch# sh ips arp int giga 4/7
Protocol Address Age (min) Hardware Addr Type Interface
Internet 172.18.185.97 0 00:d0:01:3b:38:0a ARPA GigabitEthernet4/7
Internet 172.18.189.129 0 00:d0:01:3b:38:0a ARPA GigabitEthernet4/7
Internet 172.18.189.153 0 00:08:02:24:e0:8b ARPA GigabitEthernet4/7
Internet 172.18.189.155 0 00:08:02:df:93:77 ARPA GigabitEthernet4/7
Internet 172.18.189.156 9 00:08:02:b3:45:1b ARPA GigabitEthernet4/7
A sample output of the clear ips arp command follows. You clear the arp cache to verify that the activity
you are viewing is the most current.
switch# clear ips arp int gig4/7
arp clear successful
A sample output of the sh ips arp command follows.
switch# sh ips arp int giga 4/7
Protocol Address Age (min) Hardware Addr Type Interface
Internet 172.18.185.97 0 00:d0:01:3b:38:0a ARPA GigabitEthernet4/7
Internet 172.18.189.156 0 00:08:02:b3:45:1b ARPA GigabitEthernet4/7
A sample output of the sh ips arp command follows.
switch# sh ips arp int giga 4/7
Protocol Address Age (min) Hardware Addr Type Interface
Internet 172.18.185.97 0 00:d0:01:3b:38:0a ARPA GigabitEthernet4/7
Internet 172.18.189.129 0 00:d0:01:3b:38:0a ARPA GigabitEthernet4/7
Internet 172.18.189.156 0 00:08:02:b3:45:1b ARPA GigabitEthernet4/7
A sample output of the sh arp command follows.
switch# sh arp
Protocol Address Age (min) Hardware Addr Type Interface
Internet 172.18.185.97 0 00d0.013b.380a ARPA mgmt0
Step 3 Use the show interface command to verify that the Gigabit Ethernet interface is up. A sample output of
the show interface command follows.
GigabitEthernet4/7 is up
Hardware is GigabitEthernet, address is 0005.3000.9f58
Internet address is 172.18.189.137/26
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1000000 Kbit
Port mode is IPS
Speed is 1 Gbps
Beacon is turned off
5 minutes input rate 688 bits/sec, 86 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec
5 minutes output rate 312 bits/sec, 39 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec
156643 packets input, 16859832 bytes
0 multicast frames, 0 compressed