bcmsh — Broadcom diag shell reference

Getting started

  • Introduction
  • Accessing the shell
  • Reading this guide
  • Example validation

Concepts

  • Units
  • Ports and port bitmaps
  • Memories and registers
  • Configuration variables
  • Cint: the C interpreter
  • The Cint language
  • Scripting

How-to

  • KNET and the CPU port
  • Capture port traffic with tcpdump
  • Debugging a link
  • PHYs and RJ-45 SFPs
  • An L2 switch with two VLANs and SVIs
  • Inspecting L3 forwarding
  • Changing the chip configuration live
  • Cint recipes

Command reference

  • Command reference
  • Cint API on this build

Appendix

  • Glossary
  • Further reading
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