show nodealias

Description

This command shows basic information collected by the Node Alias feature. Node Alias discovers information about the end systems on a per-port basis. Information from packets from end systems, such as VLANID, source MAC address, source IP address, protocol, etc. are captured in a database that can be queried.

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or variables.

Default

None.

Usage Guidelines

The following information about the Node Alias feature appears:

Max Entries—Total number of the entries learned through the Node Alias feature on the switch.
Active Entries—Number of the active entries learned through the Node Alias feature on the switch.
Purge Time—Last time an entry was purged from the Node Alias table on the switch.
State—State of the Node Alias table on the switch.
Protocols Enabled—Lists the currently enabled protocols that Node Alias detects.
Ports Enabled—Lists the currently Node Alias-enabled ports with each port's active and maximum (configured using configure nodealias ports [port_list |all] maxentries entries) number of alias entries. This information appears in the form: port # (active alias entries #/maximum alias entries #). For example, "1(2/10)".

Example

The following example shows basic information about the Node Alias feature:

# show nodealias
Max Entries:           0                      Active Entries: 0
Purge Time:                                   State:          2
Protocols Enabled:     ip, ipv6, ospf, bgp, bootps, bootpc, vrrp, dhcps, dhcpc, bpdu, udp, mdns, llmnr, ssdp,
Ports Enabled:

Shown in parentheses are the active # and maximum # aliases on the port.

History

This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 22.2.

Platform Availability

This command is available on ExtremeSwitching 5320, 5420, 5520, and 5720 series switches.