Administrator Guide

Layer 2 Switching Commands 307
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
Default Configuration
This command has no default configuration.