08-17-2021 11:01 AM
Hi everyone,
I could not figure out what the "FS", "PS" and "SW" stand for in the output of the "show ip mfib" Can any one here explain?
The output of the command is shown below:
r2#show ip mfib
Entry Flags: C - Directly Connected, S - Signal, IA - Inherit A flag,
ET - Data Rate Exceeds Threshold, K - Keepalive
DDE - Data Driven Event, HW - Hardware Installed
ME - MoFRR ECMP entry, MNE - MoFRR Non-ECMP entry, MP - MFIB
MoFRR Primary, RP - MRIB MoFRR Primary, P - MoFRR Primary
MS - MoFRR Entry in Sync, MC - MoFRR entry in MoFRR Client.
I/O Item Flags: IC - Internal Copy, NP - Not platform switched,
NS - Negate Signalling, SP - Signal Present,
A - Accept, F - Forward, RA - MRIB Accept, RF - MRIB Forward,
MA - MFIB Accept, A2 - Accept backup,
RA2 - MRIB Accept backup, MA2 - MFIB Accept backup
Forwarding Counts: Pkt Count/Pkts per second/Avg Pkt Size/Kbits per second
Other counts: Total/RPF failed/Other drops
I/O Item Counts: FS Pkt Count/PS Pkt Count
Default
(*,224.0.0.0/4) Flags:
SW Forwarding: 0/0/0/0, Other: 4/4/0
GigabitEthernet0/2 Flags: NS
Loopback0 Flags: NS
GigabitEthernet0/1 Flags: NS
GigabitEthernet0/0 Flags: NS
(*,224.0.1.40) Flags: C
SW Forwarding: 0/0/0/0, Other: 0/0/0
GigabitEthernet0/1 Flags: F NS
Pkts: 0/0
(*,239.1.1.1) Flags: C
SW Forwarding: 0/0/0/0, Other: 0/0/0
GigabitEthernet0/1 Flags: F NS
Pkts: 0/0
(23.23.23.9,239.1.1.1) Flags:
SW Forwarding: 3956/0/36/0, Other: 62/61/1
GigabitEthernet0/2 Flags: A
GigabitEthernet0/1 Flags: F NS
Pkts: 3955/1
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08-17-2021 12:32 PM
Hello,
FS --> Fast Switching
PS --> Process Switching
SW Forwarding--> Software Forwarding (when traffic is being forwarded to the CPU and is being switched in software)
08-17-2021 12:32 PM
Hello,
FS --> Fast Switching
PS --> Process Switching
SW Forwarding--> Software Forwarding (when traffic is being forwarded to the CPU and is being switched in software)
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