Run a Traceroute Test

Use traceroute to determine the route packets take through a network to a destination.

About this task

Ping and traceroute can fail for VRF routes if you use large packet sizes for the operation. Do not use packet sizes larger than the following:

Ping for VRF: 1480 bytes
Traceroute for VRF: 1444 bytes

Note

Exception: large packet sizes are supported when running ping and traceroute on the Segmented Management Instance.

Procedure

Enter Privileged EXEC mode:

enable
Run a traceroute test:

traceroute WORD<0-256> [<1-1176>] [-m <1-255>] [-p <1-65535>] [-q <1-255>] [-v] [-w <1-255>][grt [source]][mgmt [clip | oob | vlan]][source <WORD 1-256>] [vrf <WORD 1-16>]
Run a traceroute test using a Segmented Management Instance:

traceroute WORD<0-256> [<1-1176>] [-m <1-255>] [-p <1-65535>] [-q <1-255>] [-w <1-255>] [grt [source]] mgmt [<clip | oob | vlan>]

Note

If you do not use the mgmt parameter, the traceroute command uses the VOSS IP routing stack to initiate the traceroute request.

Example

Run a traceroute test with a probe packet size of 200 and a max time to live of 60:

Switch:1>enable
Switch:1#traceroute 192.0.2.33 200 —m 60

Run a traceroute test for an IPv6 address:

Switch:1#traceroute 2001:db8::1

Run a traceroute test using the management routing table:

Switch:1#traceroute 192.0.2.12 mgmt

Run a traceroute test using a management CLIP:

Switch:1#traceroute 192.0.2.12 mgmt clip

Run a traceroute test using a management VLAN:

Switch:1#traceroute 192.0.2.12 mgmt vlan

Variable Definitions

The following table defines parameters for the traceroute command.


Variable	Value
-m `<1-255>`	Specifies the maximum time-to-live (TTL).
-p `<1-65535>`	Specifies the base UDP port number. The default is 33434. Note: If the traceroute action is directed to an IPv6 host address, Linux increments the UDP port on a per-TTL basis. For an IPv4 host address, Linux increments the UDP port on a per-probe basis. Because the traceroute command sends a default of three probes, three incrementing ports will be sent for an IPv4 host address. If you use the -p parameter with a value greater than 65533, the traceroute command fails for an IPv4 host address because the maximum port number, 65535, is exceeded. If you send a traceroute probe into the device through the Segmented Management Instance or any VOSS routing interface, you must use the default UDP port range of 33434 to 33534. Using other ports will fail.
-q `<1-255>`	Specifies the number of probes per TTL.
-v	Specifies verbose mode (detailed output). This parameter does not apply if you use the mgmt [clip \| oob \| vlan] parameter.
-w `<1-255>`	Specifies the wait time for each probe.
`<1-1176>`	Specifies the size of the probe packet.
grt	Specifies the traceroute command is executed in grt context.
mgmt [<clip \| oob \| vlan>]	Specifies the Segmented Management Instance as the source for the outgoing packet. The packet goes out this specific interface only. If you do not specify the management interface type, the traceroute command uses the management routing table to determine the best management interface and selects the source IP based on the egress management interface. mgmt vlan does not apply to all hardware platforms. For more information about feature support, see VOSS Feature Support Matrix.
source `<WORD 1-256>`	Specifies the source IP address. This parameter does not apply if you use the mgmt [clip \| oob \| vlan] parameter.
`WORD<0-256>`	Specifies the destination IPv4 or IPv6 address, or hostname.
vrf `<WORD 1-16>`	Specifies the VRF instance by VRF name. This parameter does not apply if you use the mgmt [clip \| oob \| vlan] parameter.