Allied Telesis AlliedWare Plus Operating System Version 5.4.4C (x310-26FT,x310-26FP,x310-50FT,x310-50FP) - Manual (Page 370)

Switching Commands
Software Reference for x310 Series Switches
15.8 AlliedWare Plus TM Operating System - Version 5.4.4C C613-50046-01 REV A
debug platform packet
This command enables platform to CPU level packet debug functionality on the switch.
Use the no variant of this command to disable platform to CPU level packet debug. If the
result means both send and receive packet debug are disabled, then any active timeout
will be canceled.
Syntax debug platform packet [recv] [send] [sflow] [timeout ]
[vlan <vlan-id>|all]
no debug platform packet [recv] [send]
Default A 5 minute timeout is configured by default if no other timeout duration is specified.
Mode Privileged Exec and Global Configuration
Usage This command can be used to trace packets sent and received by the CPU. If a timeout is
not specified, then a default 5 minute timeout will be applied.
If a timeout of 0 is specified, packet debug will be generated until the no variant of this
command is used or another timeout value is specified. The timeout value applies to both
send and receive debug and is updated whenever the debug platform packet command
is used.
Examples To enable both receive and send packet debug for the default timeout of 5 minutes, enter:
To enable receive packet debug for 10 seconds, enter:
To enable packet debug for sFlow packets only for the default timeout of 5 minutes, enter:
Parameter Description
recv Debug packets received.
send Debug packets sent.
sflow Debug sFlow packets.
timeout Stop debug after a specified time.
<timeout> <0-3600> The timeout period, specified in seconds.
vlan Limit debug to a single VLAN ID specified.
<vlan-id> <1-4094> The VLAN ID to limit the debug output on.
all Debug all VLANs (default setting).
awplus# debug platform packet
awplus# debug platform packet recv timeout 10
awplus# debug platform packet sflow