- The Cisco IOS—Basic Router Commands
- Log In on the Console
- Entering the Privileged Mode
- Router Mode Summary
- The IOS Help Facility
- Command History and Editing Features
- The show Command
- Router Memory Types
- Examining RAM, NVRAM, and Flash RAM
- The Cisco Discovery Protocol
- More About show
- Objective 11: Telnet
- Practice
- Help System
More About show
As you've already seen in the previous sections, one of the most useful commands on the router is the show command. You can use this command to view the status of all the interfaces on the router and the network protocols currently being routed. The more you know about how to use show in different instances, the better you will do on the CCNA exam. Table 3.4 provides a summary of some of the more useful show commands.
Table 3.4 Router Examination Commands
Command |
Results |
show running-config |
Privileged command that shows the router configuration currently running in RAM. |
show startup-config |
Privileged command that shows the router configuration stored in the router's NVRAM. It's loaded by the router when the router is rebooted. |
show CDP neighbor |
Shows the routers that are directly connected to your router by LAN or serial connections. |
show clock |
Shows the time and date settings for the router. |
show flash |
Shows the IOS file or files contained in the router's Flash RAM and the amount of total Flash RAM and used Flash RAM. |
show history |
Shows a list of your last 10 commands. |
show hub |
Shows information on the status of the hub ports of a 2505 router. |
show interface.[interface number] |
Shows the current configuration of a ethernet specified Ethernet interface |
show interface serial [interface number] |
Shows the current configuration of a specified serial interface. |
show interfaces |
Lists all the interfaces on the router and statistics related to the interface, such as their current configuration and encapsulation. Also tells you whether the interface is active. |
show processes |
Shows CPU utilization information. |
show protocol |
Lists the routing protocols configured on the router. |
show version |
Shows the version of the IOS currently running on the router. |
show memory |
Displays information about the memory available on the router after the system image loads (show memory free shows only free RAM). |
Several of these show commands are revisited throughout the book as you configure router interfaces and other router parameters in the chapters on TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, and WAN Protocols.