Administrator Guide

Switch Management Commands 2000

show hosts

Use the show hosts command in User Exec mode to display the default

domain name, a list of name server hosts, and the static and cached list of

host names and addresses.

Syntax

shows hosts [hostname].

• hostname—(Range: 1–255 characters). The command allows spaces in the

host name when specified in double quotes. For example,

console(config)#show hosts “host name”

Default Configuration

This command has no default configuration.

Command Mode

User Exec mode, Global Configuration mode and all Configuration

submodes

User Guidelines

This command has no user guidelines.

Example

The following example displays information about IP hosts.

console>show hosts

Host name: dellswitch

Default domain: dell.com

Name/address lookup is enabled

DNS source interface: loopback 1

Name servers (Preference order): 176.16.1.18 176.16.1.19

Configured host name-to-address mapping:

Host Addresses

-------------------------- ----------------------------

accounting.dell.com 176.16.8.8

Cache: TTL (Hours)

Host Total Elapsed Type Addresses

---------------- ----- ------- ------- -------------