Cisco IOS - show mac address-table command

by
Jeremy Canfield |
Updated: March 09 2020
| Cisco IOS articles
The show mac address-table command can be used to display the MAC address table in IOS. In this example, the first device is connected to blade 1, interface 1. The second device is connected to blade 1, interface 2.
#> show mac address-table
vlan mac address type learn age ports
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* 100 847b.eb3e.bfc3 dynamic Yes 0 Gi1/1
* 100 5c70.a35b.13f2 dynamic Yes 0 Gi1/2
* 100 ecf4.bb20.1305 dynamic Yes 0 Gi1/3
. . .
The address option can be used to only display information for a certain MAC address. In this example, information about MAC address 847b.eb3e.bfc3 is displayed.
#> show mac address-table address 847b.eb3e.bfc3
vlan mac address type learn age ports
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Active Supervisor:
* 100 847b.eb3e.bfc3 dynamic Yes 0 Gi1/1
Standby Supervisor:
* 100 5c70.a35b.13f2 dynamic Yes 0 Gi6/1
. . .
The interface option can be used to display information for a certain interface. In this example, information about the device connected to Gi1/2 is displayed.
#> show mac address-table interface Gi1/2
vlan mac address type learn age ports
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* 100 5c70.a35b.13f2 dynamic Yes 0 Gi1/2
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