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Layer 2 Switching Commands 323
displayed. The vlan parameter requests display of entries associated with the
specified VLAN. The format parameter requests that addresses be displayed
in the specified format. The vlan, address, and format parameters may all be
specified together.
A MAC address can be displayed in IP format only if it is in the range
01:00:5e:00:00:00 through 01:00:5e:7f:ff:ff.
Static multicast MAC addresses can be added via the mac address-table static
command.
Example
In this example, multicast MAC address table information is displayed.
console#show mac address-table multicast
Vlan MAC Address Type Ports
----- ------------------- ------- ------------------
1 0100.5E05.0505 Static
Forbidden ports for multicast addresses:
Vlan MAC Address Ports
---- ----------------------- ---------------------------
1 0100.5E05.0505
NOTE: A multicast MAC address maps to multiple IP addresses, as shown above.
Command History
The description was updated in the 6.4 release.
show mac address-table
Use the show mac address-table command in User Exec or Privileged Exec
mode to display all entries in the bridge-forwarding database.
Syntax
show mac address-table