CLI Guide

Parameters
pe-id (Optional) Enter the port extender ID number pe-id to display the status and details of a
specified port extender.
brief (Optional) Enter the keyword brief to display all the port extender information in brief.
statistics (Optional) Enter the keyword statistics to display all the port extender statistics.
Default None
Command Modes EXEC
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking OS
Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.14(0.0) Enhanced to include maximum number of PEX ports information to appear in the display
content.
9.13(0.1) Added the port validation error (PVE) status information to appear in the display content.
Added the online and offline PE and PE unit count information to appear in the display content.
9.13(0.0) Added the Software Version Compatibiy (SVC) status information to appear in the display
content.
9.11(2.0P2) Enhanced to include the PE description field.
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the C9010.
Usage
Information
This command shows the current number of PEs in the system that are online and the current number of PEs that
are offline. This command also shows the port validation error (PVE) to indicate that the number of PEX ports have
exceeded the maximum limit. The PVE error results from an incorrect provisioning of PEs or misconfiguration of
converted uplink ports in the dual homed system. All the PE units in the secondary VLT node are shown to be in PVE
state.
Example
Dell#show pe
Maximum number of PE Units allowed: 80
Current number of PE units in the system: 7 (Online: 5 Offline: 2)
Current number of PEs in the system: 3 (Online: 2 Offline: 1)
Current number of PEX ports in the system: 288 (Maximum: 4000)
Codes: A - Active, I - Inactive
SVC - Software Version Compatible
Reason: CTM - Card Type Mismatch, CAM - CAM ACL Mismatch
SVM - Software Version Mismatch, UE - Unknown Error
Offline Reason: UNP - Unit Not Present, PVE - Port Validation Error
ICE - IPC CP Error, IRE - IPC RP Error
ISE - IPC Setup Error, CVE - Card Validation Error
PE-ID assigned: 0
Status: offline
System Mac: f4:8e:38:23:7c:c7
PE Up Time: 00:00:00
PE Description:
PE Discovery Status: Provisioned PE
User Configured Cascade Ports: None
Cascade LAG: Po 258, Local Status: Down, Remote Status: Down
PE Configuration: Local Status: Present, Remote Status: Not Present
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Stack-id Status Reason Type UnitMac No. of Ports Description
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0 offline UNP N3024P-PE 00:00:00:00:00:00 30
1 offline UNP N2048-PE 00:00:00:00:00:00 52
PE-ID assigned: 1
Status: online
System Mac: f8:b1:56:73:a2:91
PE Up Time: 02:56:05
PE Description:
1350
Port Extenders (PE)