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Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Interfaces Command Reference
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Chapter Show Commands
show interface loopback
show interface loopback
To display information about the loopback interface, use the show interface loopback command.
show interface loopback lo-number [brief | description]
Syntax Description
Command Default None
Command Modes EXEC mode
Command History
Examples This example shows how to display the configuration information for a specific loopback interface:
switch# show interface loopback 10
loopback10 is up
Hardware: Loopback
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 8000000 Kbit, DLY 5000 usec,
reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
Encapsulation LOOPBACK
0 packets input 0 bytes
0 multicast frames 0 compressed
0 input errors 0 frame 0 overrun 0 fifo
0 packets output 0 bytes 0 underruns
0 output errors 0 collisions 0 fifo
switch#
Table 1 describes the significant fields shown in the display.
lo-number Loopback interface number. The range is from 0 to 1023.
brief (Optional) Displays a brief summary of the loopback interface information.
description (Optional) Displays the description provided for the loopback interface.
Release Modification
5.2(1)N1(1) This command was introduced.
Table 1 show interface loopback Field Description
Field Description
Loopback is ... Indicates whether the interface hardware is currently active
(whether carrier detect is present), is currently inactive (down), or
has been taken down by an administrator (administratively down).
Hardware Hardware is Loopback.
MTU Maximum transmission unit (MTU) of the interface.
BW Bandwidth (BW) of the interface in kilobits per second.
DLY Delay (DLY) of the interface in microseconds.