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How to check packet discards on the switch



Cisco

3750G#show interfaces counters errors

Port        Align-Err     FCS-Err    Xmit-Err     Rcv-Err  UnderSize  OutDiscards

Gi0/1               0           0           0           0          0       245752
Switch#sh run int Gig 0/1
GigabitEthernet0/1 is up, line protocol is up
  Hardware is BCM1125 Internal MAC, address is 0000.0000.0000 (via 0000.0000)
  MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1000000 Kbit/sec, DLY 10 usec,
     reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
  Encapsulation 802.1Q Virtual LAN, Vlan ID  1., loopback not set
  Keepalive set (10 sec)
  Full-duplex, 1000Mb/s, media type is RJ45
  output flow-control is XON, input flow-control is XON
  ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
  Last input 00:00:05, output 00:00:03, output hang never
  Last clearing of "show interface" counters 16:47:42
  Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0
  Queueing strategy: fifo
  Output queue: 0/40 (size/max)
  5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
  5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
     3031 packets input, 488320 bytes, 0 no buffer
     Received 3023 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
     0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
     0 watchdog, 63107 multicast, 0 pause input
     0 input packets with dribble condition detected
     7062 packets output, 756368 bytes, 0 underruns
     0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
     2015 unknown protocol drops
     4762 unknown protocol drops
     0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
     0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier, 0 pause output
     0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
Router#sh interfaces fastEthernet 6/1 counters errors

 Port        Align-Err    FCS-Err   Xmit-Err    Rcv-Err UnderSize OutDiscards
 Fa6/1               0          0          0          0         0           0

 Port      Single-Col Multi-Col  Late-Col Excess-Col Carri-Sen     Runts    Giants
 Fa6/1              0         0         0          0         0         0         0
3550-1#sh controller ethernet-controller fastEthernet 0/1
  !--- Output from a Catalyst 3550.

    Transmit FastEthernet0/1           Receive
          0 Bytes                        0 Bytes
          0 Unicast frames               0 Unicast frames
          0 Multicast frames             0 Multicast frames
          0 Broadcast frames             0 Broadcast frames
          0 Discarded frames             0 No dest, unicast
          0 Too old frames               0 No dest, multicast
          0 Deferred frames              0 No dest, broadcast
          0  1 collision frames
          0  2 collision frames          0 FCS errors
          0  3 collision frames          0 Oversize frames
          0  4 collision frames          0 Undersize frames
          0  5 collision frames          0 Collision fragments
          0  6 collision frames
          0  7 collision frames          0 Minimum size frames
          0  8 collision frames          0 65 to 127 byte frames
          0  9 collision frames          0 128 to 255 byte frames
          0 10 collision frames          0 256 to 511 byte frames
          0 11 collision frames          0 512 to 1023 byte frames
          0 12 collision frames          0 1024 to 1518 byte frames
          0 13 collision frames
          0 14 collision frames          0 Flooded frames
          0 15 collision frames          0 Overrun frames
          0 Excessive collisions         0 VLAN filtered frames
          0 Late collisions              0 Source routed frames
          0 Good (1 coll) frames         0 Valid oversize frames
          0 Good(>1 coll) frames         0 Pause frames
          0 Pause frames                 0 Symbol error frames
          0 VLAN discard frames          0 Invalid frames, too large
          0 Excess defer frames          0 Valid frames, too large
          0 Too large frames             0 Invalid frames, too small
          0 64 byte frames               0 Valid frames, too small
          0 127 byte frames
          0 255 byte frames
          0 511 byte frames
          0 1023 byte frames
          0 1518 byte frames

 3550-1#


Junos

> show interfaces ge-0/0/0 detail
> show interfaces ge-0/0/0 extensive






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