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Chapter 43 Monitor and Debug

When the users configures the switch, they will need to verify whether the configurations are

correct and the switch is operating as expected, and in network failure, the users will also need

to diagnostic the problem. Switch provides various debug commands including ping, telnet,

show and debug, etc. to help the users to check system configuration, operating status and

locate problem causes.

43.1 Ping

Ping command is mainly used for sending ICMP query packet from the switches to remote

devices, also for check the accessibility between the switch and the remote device. Refer to

the Ping command chapter in the Command Manual for explanations of various parameters

and options of the Ping command.

43.2 Ping6

Ping6 command is mainly used by the switch to send ICMPv6 query packet to the remote

equipment, verifying the accessibility between the switch and the remote equipment. Options

and explanations of the parameters of the Ping6 command please refer to Ping6 command

chapter in the command manual.

43.3 Traceroute

Traceroute command is for testing the gateways through which the data packets travel from

the source device to the destination device, so to check the network accessibility and locate

the network failure.

Execution procedure of the Traceroute command consists of: first a data packet with TTL at 1

is sent to the destination address, if the first hop returns an ICMP error message to inform this

packet can not be sent (due to TTL timeout), a data packet with TTL at 2 will be sent. Also the

send hop may be a TTL timeout return, but the procedure will carries on till the data packet is

sent to its destination. These procedures is for recording every source address which returned

ICMP TTL timeout message, so to describe a path the IP data packets traveled to reach the

destination.

Traceroute Options and explanations of the parameters of the Traceroute command please

refer to traceroute command chapter in the command manual.