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CISCO MDS - Show Commands
A searchable database of show commands for CISCO MDS switches .
show boot
4 Commands
show boot
4 Commands
- show bootDisplay all the running and startup boot variables such as kickstart and system variable
- show boot currentDisplay all the running boot variables
- show boot moduleDisplay the list of boot variables configured for modules
- show boot variablesDisplay the list of boot variables
show clock
2 Commands
show clock
2 Commands
- show clockDisplay the current date and time set on the switch
- show clock detailDisplay the current date and time set on the switch along with the summertime configuration
show device-alias
3 Commands
show device-alias
3 Commands
- show device-alias databasedisplay the contents of the device alias database
- show device-alias name server1_hba1display the entry with name server1_hba1 in the device alias database
- show device-alias statusdisplay the current status of device alias database
show environment
4 Commands
show environment
4 Commands
- show environmentDisplay the environmental information about the switch. This includes the power supply voltage and status information and also the fan and temperature status.
- show environment fanDisplay the status of all the fan modules
- show environment powerDisplay the power usage summary and status
- show environment temperatureDisplay the temperature information and status about the intake and outlet sensors
show fabric-binding
8 Commands
show fabric-binding
8 Commands
- show fabric-binding databasedisplay configured fabric binding database information for all the VSANs
- show fabric-binding database activedisplay activated fabric binding database information for all the VSANs
- show fabric-binding database active vsan 100display active fabric binding database information for VSAN 100
- show fabric-binding database vsan 100display configured fabric binding database information for VSAN 100
- show fabric-binding statusdisplays fabric binding status for each configured VSAN
- show fabric-binding status vsan 100displays fabric binding status for VSAN 100
- show fabric-binding violationsdisplays fabric binding violations for all VSANs
- show fabric-binding violations vsan 100displays fabric binding violations for VSAN 100
show fcns
6 Commands
show fcns
6 Commands
- show fcns databasedisplay the contents of the FCNS database for all VSANs. This includes information about each PWWN entry along with FCID, vendor, type etc.
- show fcns database detaildisplay the contents of the FCNS database for all VSANs in detail. This also shows information like the connected interface and switch.
- show fcns database detail vsan 1display the contents of the FCNS database for VSAN 1 in detail. This also shows information like the connected interface and switch.
- show fcns database fcid 0x0b0100display the entries in FCNS database with FCID 0x0b0100
- show fcns database vsan 1display the contents of the FCNS database for VSAN 1 . This includes information about each PWWN entry along with FCID, vendor, type etc.
- show fcns statisticsdisplays the Name Server Statistics
show feature
1 Command
show feature
1 Command
- show featureDisplay the list of all the features available in the switch and currently enabled or disabled.
show flogi
8 Commands
show flogi
8 Commands
- show flogi databaseDisplay all the entries in the FLOGI database
- show flogi database detailsDisplay all the entries in the FLOGI database along with FCID allocation details
- show flogi database fcid 0x0b0100Display only the entries with fcid 0x0b0100 in the FLOGI database
- show flogi database interface fc1/1Display the entries in the FLOGI database for FC port1 on slot1
- show flogi database vsan 10Display only the entries belongs to vsan 10 interfaces in the FLOGI database
- show flogi internal errorsDisplay the error log of FLOGIs
- show flogi internal event-history interface fc1/1Display the FLOGI event history log for FC port 1
- show flogi internal event-history vsan 11Display the FLOGI event history log for members of vsan 11
show hardware
2 Commands
show hardware
2 Commands
- show hardwareDisplay the complete switch hardware information. This command also show the BIOS version, system and kickstart image information with many other useful details.
- show hardware internal mgmt0 statsDisplay the information about the switch management interface. Gives the details about the management IP address and MAC address of the port.
show interface
20 Commands
show interface
20 Commands
- show interfaceDisplays information for all interfaces on the switch
- show interface bbcreditDisplay the Buffer To Buffer credit information for each interface about the operation state.
- show interface briefDisplays brief information about all the interfaces on a switch
- show interface counters briefShow the interface counters in brief
- show interface descriptionDisplays description about of all the interfaces in the switch
- show interface detail-countersDisplays detailed information about the counters in all the interfaces
- show interface fc1/1Display detailed information about FC interface port 1 in slot 1
- show interface fc1/1 descriptionDisplays description about FC interface port1 on slot 1 in the switch
- show interface fc1/1 transceiverDisplay the information about transceiver(SFP) on port 1 module 1. This includes the product id, serial number supported speed and diagnostic information about the SFP.
- show interface fc1/1 transceiver detailsDisplay the information about transceiver(SFP) on port 1 module 1. This includes the product id, serial number supported speed and a detailed diagnostic information about the SFP.
- show interface fc1/1 | include SpeedDisplay the Speed of FC port 1 on slot 1
- show interface fc1/1 | include vsanDisplay the vsan information of FC port 1 on slot 1
- show interface fc1/1-5 briefDisplays brief information about FC interfaces 1 to 5 on a switch
- show interface mgmt 0Displays detailed information about management interface 0
- show interface port-channel 1Show detailed information about port channel 1
- show interface port-channel 1 briefShow brief information about port channel 1
- show interface port-channel 1 trunk vsanShow the trunk per vsan information in port-channel 1
- show interface port-channel 1 trunk vsan 100Show the trunks on vsan 100 in port-channel 1
- show interface transceiverDisplay the transceiver(SFP) information on all the ports. This includes the product id, serial number supported speed and diagnostic information about the SFP.
- show interface transceiver detailsDisplay the information about transceiver(SFP) on all the ports. This includes the product id, serial number supported speed and a detailed diagnostic information about the SFP.
show inventory
6 Commands
show inventory
6 Commands
- show inventoryDisplay the inventory of all field replaceable units (FRUs). This includes product IDs, serial numbers, and version IDs
- show inventory chassisDisplay the inventory of the chassis unit. This includes product IDs, serial numbers, and version IDs
- show inventory fansDisplay the inventory of all fans in the switch. This includes product IDs, serial numbers, and version IDs
- show inventory moduleDisplay the inventory of all the modules. This includes product IDs, serial numbers, and version IDs
- show inventory module 1Display the inventory of module 1. This includes product IDs, serial numbers, and version IDs
- show inventory power_supplyDisplay the inventory of all the power supply units in the switch. This includes product IDs, serial numbers, and version IDs
show switch
2 Commands
show switch
2 Commands
- show switchDisplay the hostname of the switch
- show switch serialnumDisplay the serial number of the switch. we can also use "show sprom backplane 1" to get the serial number.
show switchname
2 Commands
show switchname
2 Commands
- show switchnameDisplay the hostname of the switch
- show switchname serialnumDisplay the serial number of the switch. we can also use "show sprom backplane 1" to get the serial number.
show user-account
3 Commands
show user-account
3 Commands
- show user-accountdisplay information about all the configured user accounts
- show user-account user1display information about user1
- show user-account user1display information about user1
show users
1 Command
show users
1 Command
- show usersdisplay all CLI users currently accessing the switch
show vsan
6 Commands
show vsan
6 Commands
- show vsanDisplay the information about all the VSANs along with operation status
- show vsan 100Display the information about VSAN 100 along with operation status
- show vsan 100 membershipDisplay the membership information about VSAN 100. This will list the FC ports and Port-channels part of the VSAN
- show vsan membershipDisplay the membership information about all the VSANs. This will list the FC ports and Port-channels part of each VSANs
- show vsan membership interface fc1/1Display the VSAN membership information of FC port 1
- show vsan usageDisplay the information about the number of VSANs configured and how many available for usage
show wwn
1 Command
show wwn
1 Command
- show wwn switchdisplay wwn of the switch
show zone
8 Commands
show zone
8 Commands
- show zoneDisplay the list of all the zones defined in all the VSANs
- show zone activeDisplay all the zones those are part of active zoneset in all the VSANs
- show zone active vsan 100Display only the zones those are part of active zoneset configured in VSAN 100 along with its member zones.
- show zone member pwwn 21:00:00:00:00:00:00:11List all the zones to which a member belongs using 21:00:00:00:00:00:00:11
- show zone name zone123Display the members of zone zone123
- show zone statusDisplay the zone database status of VSAN 100. This will include the number of zoneset and zones defines VSAN 100. It also shows if the zoning mode either basic or enhanced.
- show zone status vsan 100Display the zone database status of VSAN 100. This will include the number of zoneset and zones defines VSAN 100.It also shows if the zoning mode either basic or enhanced for zones in VSAN 100
- show zone vsan 100Display the list of all the zones defined for VSAN 100
show zoneset
4 Commands
show zoneset
4 Commands
- show zonesetDisplay the zonesets configured in all the VSANs along with its member zones.
- show zoneset activeDisplay only the active zoneset configured in all the VSANs along with its member zones.
- show zoneset active vsan 100Display only the active zoneset configured in VSAN 100 along with its member zones.
- show zoneset vsan 100Display the zonesets configured in VSAN 100 along with its member zones.
- show bootDisplay all the running and startup boot variables such as kickstart and system variable
- show boot currentDisplay all the running boot variables
- show boot moduleDisplay the list of boot variables configured for modules
- show boot variablesDisplay the list of boot variables
- show clockDisplay the current date and time set on the switch
- show clock detailDisplay the current date and time set on the switch along with the summertime configuration
- show device-alias databasedisplay the contents of the device alias database
- show device-alias name server1_hba1display the entry with name server1_hba1 in the device alias database
- show device-alias statusdisplay the current status of device alias database
- show environmentDisplay the environmental information about the switch. This includes the power supply voltage and status information and also the fan and temperature status.
- show environment fanDisplay the status of all the fan modules
- show environment powerDisplay the power usage summary and status
- show environment temperatureDisplay the temperature information and status about the intake and outlet sensors
- show fabric-binding databasedisplay configured fabric binding database information for all the VSANs
- show fabric-binding database activedisplay activated fabric binding database information for all the VSANs
- show fabric-binding database active vsan 100display active fabric binding database information for VSAN 100
- show fabric-binding database vsan 100display configured fabric binding database information for VSAN 100
- show fabric-binding statusdisplays fabric binding status for each configured VSAN
- show fabric-binding status vsan 100displays fabric binding status for VSAN 100
- show fabric-binding violationsdisplays fabric binding violations for all VSANs
- show fabric-binding violations vsan 100displays fabric binding violations for VSAN 100
- show fcns databasedisplay the contents of the FCNS database for all VSANs. This includes information about each PWWN entry along with FCID, vendor, type etc.
- show fcns database detaildisplay the contents of the FCNS database for all VSANs in detail. This also shows information like the connected interface and switch.
- show fcns database detail vsan 1display the contents of the FCNS database for VSAN 1 in detail. This also shows information like the connected interface and switch.
- show fcns database fcid 0x0b0100display the entries in FCNS database with FCID 0x0b0100
- show fcns database vsan 1display the contents of the FCNS database for VSAN 1 . This includes information about each PWWN entry along with FCID, vendor, type etc.
- show fcns statisticsdisplays the Name Server Statistics
- show featureDisplay the list of all the features available in the switch and currently enabled or disabled.
- show flogi databaseDisplay all the entries in the FLOGI database
- show flogi database detailsDisplay all the entries in the FLOGI database along with FCID allocation details
- show flogi database fcid 0x0b0100Display only the entries with fcid 0x0b0100 in the FLOGI database
- show flogi database interface fc1/1Display the entries in the FLOGI database for FC port1 on slot1
- show flogi database vsan 10Display only the entries belongs to vsan 10 interfaces in the FLOGI database
- show flogi internal errorsDisplay the error log of FLOGIs
- show flogi internal event-history interface fc1/1Display the FLOGI event history log for FC port 1
- show flogi internal event-history vsan 11Display the FLOGI event history log for members of vsan 11
- show hardwareDisplay the complete switch hardware information. This command also show the BIOS version, system and kickstart image information with many other useful details.
- show hardware internal mgmt0 statsDisplay the information about the switch management interface. Gives the details about the management IP address and MAC address of the port.
- show interfaceDisplays information for all interfaces on the switch
- show interface bbcreditDisplay the Buffer To Buffer credit information for each interface about the operation state.
- show interface briefDisplays brief information about all the interfaces on a switch
- show interface counters briefShow the interface counters in brief
- show interface descriptionDisplays description about of all the interfaces in the switch
- show interface detail-countersDisplays detailed information about the counters in all the interfaces
- show interface fc1/1Display detailed information about FC interface port 1 in slot 1
- show interface fc1/1 descriptionDisplays description about FC interface port1 on slot 1 in the switch
- show interface fc1/1 transceiverDisplay the information about transceiver(SFP) on port 1 module 1. This includes the product id, serial number supported speed and diagnostic information about the SFP.
- show interface fc1/1 transceiver detailsDisplay the information about transceiver(SFP) on port 1 module 1. This includes the product id, serial number supported speed and a detailed diagnostic information about the SFP.
- show interface fc1/1 | include SpeedDisplay the Speed of FC port 1 on slot 1
- show interface fc1/1 | include vsanDisplay the vsan information of FC port 1 on slot 1
- show interface fc1/1-5 briefDisplays brief information about FC interfaces 1 to 5 on a switch
- show interface mgmt 0Displays detailed information about management interface 0
- show interface port-channel 1Show detailed information about port channel 1
- show interface port-channel 1 briefShow brief information about port channel 1
- show interface port-channel 1 trunk vsanShow the trunk per vsan information in port-channel 1
- show interface port-channel 1 trunk vsan 100Show the trunks on vsan 100 in port-channel 1
- show interface transceiverDisplay the transceiver(SFP) information on all the ports. This includes the product id, serial number supported speed and diagnostic information about the SFP.
- show interface transceiver detailsDisplay the information about transceiver(SFP) on all the ports. This includes the product id, serial number supported speed and a detailed diagnostic information about the SFP.
- show inventoryDisplay the inventory of all field replaceable units (FRUs). This includes product IDs, serial numbers, and version IDs
- show inventory chassisDisplay the inventory of the chassis unit. This includes product IDs, serial numbers, and version IDs
- show inventory fansDisplay the inventory of all fans in the switch. This includes product IDs, serial numbers, and version IDs
- show inventory moduleDisplay the inventory of all the modules. This includes product IDs, serial numbers, and version IDs
- show inventory module 1Display the inventory of module 1. This includes product IDs, serial numbers, and version IDs
- show inventory power_supplyDisplay the inventory of all the power supply units in the switch. This includes product IDs, serial numbers, and version IDs
- show switchDisplay the hostname of the switch
- show switch serialnumDisplay the serial number of the switch. we can also use "show sprom backplane 1" to get the serial number.
- show switchnameDisplay the hostname of the switch
- show switchname serialnumDisplay the serial number of the switch. we can also use "show sprom backplane 1" to get the serial number.
- show user-accountdisplay information about all the configured user accounts
- show user-account user1display information about user1
- show user-account user1display information about user1
- show usersdisplay all CLI users currently accessing the switch
- show vsanDisplay the information about all the VSANs along with operation status
- show vsan 100Display the information about VSAN 100 along with operation status
- show vsan 100 membershipDisplay the membership information about VSAN 100. This will list the FC ports and Port-channels part of the VSAN
- show vsan membershipDisplay the membership information about all the VSANs. This will list the FC ports and Port-channels part of each VSANs
- show vsan membership interface fc1/1Display the VSAN membership information of FC port 1
- show vsan usageDisplay the information about the number of VSANs configured and how many available for usage
- show wwn switchdisplay wwn of the switch
- show zoneDisplay the list of all the zones defined in all the VSANs
- show zone activeDisplay all the zones those are part of active zoneset in all the VSANs
- show zone active vsan 100Display only the zones those are part of active zoneset configured in VSAN 100 along with its member zones.
- show zone member pwwn 21:00:00:00:00:00:00:11List all the zones to which a member belongs using 21:00:00:00:00:00:00:11
- show zone name zone123Display the members of zone zone123
- show zone statusDisplay the zone database status of VSAN 100. This will include the number of zoneset and zones defines VSAN 100. It also shows if the zoning mode either basic or enhanced.
- show zone status vsan 100Display the zone database status of VSAN 100. This will include the number of zoneset and zones defines VSAN 100.It also shows if the zoning mode either basic or enhanced for zones in VSAN 100
- show zone vsan 100Display the list of all the zones defined for VSAN 100
- show zonesetDisplay the zonesets configured in all the VSANs along with its member zones.
- show zoneset activeDisplay only the active zoneset configured in all the VSANs along with its member zones.
- show zoneset active vsan 100Display only the active zoneset configured in VSAN 100 along with its member zones.
- show zoneset vsan 100Display the zonesets configured in VSAN 100 along with its member zones.
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