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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Command Reference—Release 8.1
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Chapter 2 Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and ROM Monitor Commands
show port mac
Table 2-72 describes the possible fields in the show port mac command output.
Related Commands clear counters
Table 2-72 show port mac Command Output Fields
Field Description
Rcv-Unicast Number of unicast frames received on the port.
Rcv-Multicast Number of multicast frames received on the port.
Rcv-Broadcast Number of broadcast frames received on the port.
Xmit-Unicast Number of unicast frames transmitted by the port.
Xmit-Multicast Number of multicast frames transmitted by the port.
Xmit-Broadcast Number of broadcast frames transmitted by the port.
Rcv-Octet Number of octet frames received on the port.
Xmit-Octet Number of octet frames transmitted on the port.
Dely-Exced Number of transmit frames aborted due to excessive deferral.
MTU-Exced Number of frames for which the MTU size was exceeded.
In-Discard Number of incoming frames that were discarded because the frame did not
need to be switched.
Out-Discard Number of outbound packets chosen to be discarded even though no errors had
been detected to prevent their being transmitted.
In-Lost Number of incoming frames.
Out-Lost Number of outbound packets.