l2 traceroute ip-address

Trigger a Layer 2 traceroute, which acts like native traceroute. Enable Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) to debug Layer 2. It can also help you debug ARP problems by providing the ability to troubleshoot next hop ARP records.

Syntax

Command Parameters

ip-address WORD<0-255>
Specifies the IP address.
priority <0-7>
Specifies the priority. The default is 7.
source-mode nodal
Specifies the source mode of nodal. Nodal MPs provide both MEP and MIP functionality for SPBM deployments. Nodal MPs are associated with a B-VLAN and are VLAN encapsulated packets. The default is nodal.
source-mode smltVirtual
Specifies the source mode of smltVirtual. The switch supports SMLT interaction with SPBM. The platform uses two B-VIDs into the core from each pair of SMLT terminating nodes. Both nodes advertise the Nodal B-MAC into the core on both B-VIDS. In addition each node advertises the SMLT virtual B-MAC on one of the two B-VLANs. The default is nodal.
ttl-value <1-255>
Specifies the time-to-live (TTL) value. The default is 64.
vrf WORD<1-16>
Specifies the VRF name.
WORD<0-255>
Specifies the IP address.

Default

None

Command Mode

User EXEC

Usage Guidelines

If you use this command on a DvR Leaf node, the output only shows DvR Controller IP addresses if the IP address or host route specified is unknown in the DvR domain.