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Switch Meshing
Configuring Switch Meshing
The switch presents show mesh mac-address output in this format:
MAC Address VLAN Port Owner Switch Hostname
------------ ---- ---- ------------- ----------
MAC Address is the MAC address of the device connected to the switch mesh.
VLAN is the VLAN of the switch mesh.
Port is the port on the originating switch through which the device’s MAC
address was obtained.
Owner Switch is the base MAC address of the switch to which the device is
connected.
Hostname is the hostname of the switch to which the device is connected.
Note that the information shown by the show mesh mac-address command is
not static. Addresses age out of a switch’s meshing address table after approx-
imately five minutes of inactivity, and the switches in a mesh exchange
meshing address information at intervals of approximately five minutes. So
client devices that appear in the listing may have disappeared the next time
you view the listing. If you wish to see device information for a device that is
no longer shown in the MAC address listing, a simple way to activate the
device’s entry in the meshing address table — and make its MAC address
reappear in the listing — is to ping the device’s IP address.
Example. For the mesh topology shown in Figure 4-11, this show mesh mac-
address command issued from the North switch gives the following device
information:
North# show mesh mac-address
MAC Address VLAN Port Owner Switch Hostname
------------ ---- ---- ------------- ----------
001517-0bdc0c 1 14 001f28-244a00 South
001517-0bdc8d 1 13 001560-f9e300 East
000e0c-33b2a8 1 15 001279-884300 West
There are 3 addresses in the meshing address table
This listing shows the MAC addresses of the clients connected to the South,
East, and West switches.
Syntax: show mesh mac-address
Lists information about devices connected to the switch
mesh.
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