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Cisco interface diagnostics cheat sheet

Find link failures and read the counters that matter.

Updated · Cisco · 7 min read

CommandWhat it does
show ip interface briefSummarize interface state
show interfaces statusInspect switch port status
show interfaces counters errorsInspect switch errors
show interfaces descriptionInspect configured descriptions

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