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What do the asterisks , + symbol, etc. mean in show mac address-table?

CiscoPurpleBelt
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I am troubleshooting an issue on a pair of Nexus and having hard time finding good doc on the meaning of asterisks , + symbol, etc. mean in show mac address-table. See below.

 

 VLAN     MAC Address      Type      age     Secure NTFY   Ports/SWID.SSID.LID
---------+-----------------+--------+---------+------+----+------------------   
* 2      03bb.9788.04f4    dynamic   0          F    F  Eth1/1                
+ 218      56c2.9fd6.954a    dynamic   0          F    F  Po2
 
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witch# show mac address-table
Legend:
* - primary entry,
G - Gateway MAC,
(R) - Routed MAC,
O - Overlay MAC
age - seconds since last seen,
+ - primary entry using vPC Peer-Link
 
* means that the mac is learned in the standard way
+means that the mac is synced from vPC peer in order to reduce reconvergence in case of issues
 
Regards.

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witch# show mac address-table
Legend:
* - primary entry,
G - Gateway MAC,
(R) - Routed MAC,
O - Overlay MAC
age - seconds since last seen,
+ - primary entry using vPC Peer-Link
 
* means that the mac is learned in the standard way
+means that the mac is synced from vPC peer in order to reduce reconvergence in case of issues
 
Regards.

CiscoPurpleBelt
Level 6
Level 6
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