To verify the MLS configuration for an
MLS-RP, enter the following command in privileged EXEC mode. This
command is not applicable for the Catalyst 6000 Series switch with
MSFC or MSFC II performing MLS without any additional configuration.
Router#show mls rp
The display resulting from this
command is illustrated in the Figure to the left and displays the following
information:
- Whether multilayer switching is
globally enabled or disabled
- The MLS ID for this MLS-RP
- The MLS IP address for this MLS-RP
- The MLS flow mask
- The name of the VTP domain(s) in
which the MLS-RP interfaces reside
- Statistical information for each
VTP domain
- The number of management
interfaces defined for the MLS-RP
- The number of VLANs configured for
MLS
- The ID of each VLAN configured for
this MAC address
- The number of MLS-SEs to which the
router or RSM is connected
- The MAC address of each switch
Each MLSP-RP is identified to the
switch by both the MLS ID and MLS IP address of the Route Processor.
The MLS ID is the MAC address of the Route Processor. The MLS-RP
automatically selects the IP address of one of its interfaces from
MLS enabled interfaces, and
uses that IP address as its MLS IP address.
The MLS-SE uses the MLS ID as a
determining factor for establishing entries in the MLS cache.
This MLS IP address is used in the
following situations:
- By the MLS-RP and the MLS-SE when
sending MLS statistics to a data collection application
- In the included MLS Route
Processor list on the switch
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Lab Activity (Flash,
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In this
activity, you will learn how to configure and verify Multilayer switching
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