Hub/Switch Configuration Guide
66 System Management Commands
show interface
Enter the port number of a particular port to query, where unit is the stack member, slot is 
always 0 (zero), and port is the port number.
Mode
Privileged Exec
Web User
Interface
Inventory Information panel, accessed from the System node
Usage
Information
The show interface command accepts other keywords besides unit/slot/port. See those 
syntax statements following this one.
Figure 9 shows an example of the 
show interface report when the argument is unit/slot/
port
. Table 6 contains an explanation of the report fields.
Example
Figure 9 Output of the show interfaces unit/slot/port Command
The display parameters of the show interface command, when the argument is unit/slot/
port
, are as follows: 
Table 6 Fields in Output of show interface unit/slot/port Command
Field Description
Packets Received Without Error The total number of packets (including broadcast 
packets and multicast packets) received on the 
interface. 
Packets Received With Error The number of inbound packets that contained errors 
preventing them from being deliverable to a higher-layer 
protocol. 
Broadcast Packets Received  The total number of packets received that were directed 
to the broadcast address. Note that this does not 
include multicast packets.
Packets Transmitted Without Error The total number of packets transmitted out of the 
interface. 
Transmit Packet Errors The number of outbound packets that could not be 
transmitted because of errors. 
Collision Frames The number of packet collisions
Time Since Counters Last Cleared The elapsed time, in days, hours, minutes, and seconds 
since the statistics for this switch were last cleared. 
Force10#show interface 1/0/2
Packets Received Without Error................. 0 
Packets Received With Error.................... 0
Broadcast Packets Received..................... 0
Packets Transmitted Without Errors............. 579
Transmit Packet Errors......................... 0
Collision Frames............................... 0
Time Since Counters Last Cleared............... 0 day 0 hr 18 min 58 sec










