show switch

show switch {detail}

Description

Displays the current switch information.

On a SummitStack, this command displays the Master and Backup node information if executed on the Master, and displays the current node and the Master node information if executed on any other node.

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or variables.

Default

N/A.

Usage Guidelines

The show switch command displays:
  • sysName, sysLocation, sysContact.
  • MAC address.
  • System type.
  • System health check.
  • Recovery mode.
  • Watchdog state.
  • Current date, time, system boot time, and time zone configuration.
  • Any scheduled reboot information.
  • System up time.
  • Master and Backup information (available only on modular switches and SummitStack).
  • Current state (available only on stand-alone switches).
    • OPERATIONAL.
    • OPERATIONAL (OverHeat).
    • FAILED.
  • Software image information (primary/secondary image and version).
  • Configuration information (primary/secondary configuration and version).

This information may be useful for your technical support representative if you have a problem.

On a SummitStack, the System UpTime may be useful when manually resolving the dual master situation. For more information, see Eliminating a Dual Master Situation Manually in the ExtremeXOS 16.2 User Guide.

Depending on the software version running on your switch, additional or different switch information may be displayed.

On a stack the following additional information will be available:
  • System Type.
  • System UpTime.
  • Details of Master and Backup, or current node and Master.

Example

The show switch command displays current switch information. Output from this command on the modular switches looks similar to the following:

SysName:          BD-8810Rack3
SysLocation:
SysContact:       support@extremenetworks.com, +1 888 257 3000
System MAC:       00:04:96:1D:00:C0
System Type:      BD-8810
SysHealth check:  Enabled (Normal)
Recovery Mode:    All
System Watchdog:  Enabled
Current Time:     Fri Feb 13 02:25:24 1925
Timezone:         [Auto DST Disabled] GMT Offset: 0 minutes, name is UTC.
Boot Time:        Wed Feb 11 21:39:56 1925
Boot Count:       159
Next Reboot:      None scheduled
System UpTime:    1 day 4 hours 45 minutes 28 seconds
Slot:             MSM-A *                      MSM-B
------------------------     ------------------------
Current State:    MASTER                       BACKUP (In Sync)
Image Selected:   secondary                    secondary
Image Booted:     primary                      primary
Primary ver:      12.0.0.4                     12.0.0.4
Secondary ver:    12.0.0.4                     12.0.0.4
Config Selected:  primary.cfg                  primary.cfg
Config Booted:    primary.cfg                  primary.cfg
primary.cfg       Created by ExtremeXOS version 11.6.0.30
574246 bytes saved on Wed Jul 30 19:39:55 1924

Output from this command on the stand-alone Summit family switch looks similar to the following:

SysName:          SummitX
SysLocation:
SysContact:       support@extremenetworks.com, +1 888 257 3000
System MAC:       00:04:96:26:6B:EC
System Type:      SummitX
SysHealth check:  Enabled (Normal)
Recovery Mode:    All
System Watchdog:  Enabled
Current Time:     Wed Apr 25 21:17:18 2012
Timezone:         [Auto DST Disabled] GMT Offset: 0 minutes, name is UTC.
Boot Time:        Wed Apr 25 21:13:54 2012
Boot Count:       951
Next Reboot:      None scheduled
System UpTime:    3 minutes 24 seconds
Current State:    OPERATIONAL
Image Selected:   secondary
Image Booted:     secondary
Primary ver:      12.0.0.4
Secondary ver:    12.0.0.4
Config Selected:  primary.cfg
Config Booted:    Factory Default
primary.cfg       Created by ExtremeXOS version 12.0.0.4
156281 bytes saved on Mon Apr 23 17:10:11 2012

The show switch detail command displays the same information shown above. Output from this command on a stack looks similar to the following:

SysName:          Stack
SysLocation:
SysContact:       support@extremenetworks.com, +1 888 257 3000
System MAC:       02:04:96:27:B7:41
System Type:      X (Stack)
SysHealth check:  Enabled (Normal)
Recovery Mode:    All
System Watchdog:  Enabled
Current Time:     Tue Jan 30 14:22:41 2007
Timezone:         [Auto DST Disabled] GMT Offset: 0 minutes, name is UTC.
Boot Time:        Mon Jan 29 21:51:38 2007
Boot Count:       317
Next Reboot:      None scheduled
System UpTime:    16 hours 31 minutes 3 seconds
Slot:             Slot-4 *                     Slot-5
------------------------     ------------------------
Current State:    MASTER                       BACKUP (In Sync)
Image Selected:   secondary                    secondary
Image Booted:     secondary                    secondary
Primary ver:      12.0.0.10                    12.0.0.10
Secondary ver:    12.0.0.13                    12.0.0.13
Config Selected:  primary.cfg
Config Booted:    primary.cfg
primary.cfg       Created by ExtremeXOS version 12.0.0.10
139108 bytes saved on Fri Jan 26 22:56:40 2007

History

This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 10.1.

This command was updated to support stacking in ExtremeXOS 12.0 and the System Type was added to the output from this version.

Platform Availability

This command is available on all platforms.