Information Menu  33  
 
 
Table 18  Layer 2 Information Menu options 
Command Usage 
trunk 
When trunk groups are configured, you can view the state of each port in 
the various trunk groups. 
vlan 
Displays VLAN configuration information, including: 
•  VLAN Number 
•  VLAN Name 
•  Status 
•  Port membership of the VLAN 
gen 
Displays general Layer 2 configuration information.  
dump 
Dumps all switch information available from the Layer 2 menu (10K or more, 
depending on your configuration). 
If you want to capture dump data to a file, set your communication software 
on your workstation to capture session data prior to issuing the dump 
commands. 
 
FDB information menu 
Command: /info/l2/fdb 
[Forwarding Database Menu] 
      find    - Show a single FDB entry by MAC address 
      port    - Show FDB entries on a single port 
      vlan    - Show FDB entries on a single VLAN 
      state   - Show FDB entries by state 
      dump    - Show all FDB entries 
 
The forwarding database (FDB) contains information that maps the media access control (MAC) address of each 
known device to the switch port where the device address was learned. The FDB also shows which other ports have 
seen frames destined for a particular MAC address. 
 
NOTE:  The master forwarding database supports up to 8K MAC address entries on the management processor 
(MP) per switch. 
 
Table 19  FDB information menu  /info/l2/fdb 
find <MAC address> [<VLAN>] 
Displays a single database entry by its MAC address. You are prompted 
to enter the MAC address of the device.  
Enter the MAC address using the format: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx. (For 
example: 08:00:20:12:34:56) 
You can also enter the MAC address using the format: xxxxxxxxxxxx. 
(For example: 080020123456) 
port <port number>  Displays all FDB entries for a particular port. 
vlan <1-4095>  Displays all FDB entries on a single VLAN. The range is 1-4095. 
state unknown|ignore| 
forward|flood|trunk|ifmac 
Displays all FDB entries that match a particular state.  
dump  Displays all entries in the Forwarding Database.