Cool Cisco IOS Commands - show interfaces status

Cool Cisco IOS Commands - show interfaces status - Part 1 of 1

There are a handful of commands that I user every day and show interfaces status is one of them. By adding the optional status argument to the show interfaces command, you get a concise look at many of the most important switch port characteristics.

With this single command IOS gives you:

Port ID
Port description
Port status (connected, notconnect, disabled, err-disabled)
Port VLAN (VLAN id, trunk, routed, private VLANs)
Port duplex (full, half, auto, a-full, a-half)
Port speed (depends on port capabilities, auto negotiated speed preceded by a- )
Port media type (varies by port capabilities, unsupported)