Clearing information for a Layer 3 switch

To clear specific data related to a Layer 3 switch, perform the following steps.

  1. Click Command on the left pane and select Clear.

    The Clear window is displayed as shown in the figure below .

    Clear window

  2. Select the following check boxes to clear information:
    • MAC Address
    • Port Statistic
    • IP ARP Cache
    • System Logging
    • VRRP
    • IP Cache
    • IP Route
    • BGP Neighbor Traffic - IP --Select All in the list to clear the BGP message counter for all neighbors.
    • BGP Neighbor - IP --Select All in the list to close all neighbor sessions and clear all the routes exchanged by the Layer 3 switch and the neighbors.
    • BGP Neighbor Soft-Outbound - IP --Select All in the list to update all outbound routes by applying the new or changed filters.
    • BGP Neighbor Last Pkt with Error - IP --Select All in the list to clear the last packet from the neighbors that contained an error.
    • BGP Neighbor Notification Error - IP --Select All in the list to clear the buffer for all neighbors containing the last NOTIFICATION message sent or received.
    • BGP Dampening --Perform one of the following tasks:
      • Click All to clear all the route dampening statistics.
      • Click IP and type the network IP address in the IP field and the network mask in the Mask field.
  3. Click Apply.

    All the current entries will be deleted.