The Ping and Traceroute utilities have been enhanced to help with management of Layer-3 VPNs.
There is a VRF option for the ping command. To use this option, enter the following command.
device# ping vrf blue
Syntax: ping vrf { vrf-name | ip-address }
The vrf-name is the name of the VRF that the user wants to send a ping packet to.
The ip-address is the IP address containing the VRF to which the user wants to send a ping packet.
The is a VRF option for the traceroute command. To use this option, enter the following command.
device# traceroute vrf 10.10.10.10
Syntax: traceroute vrf { vrf-name | ip-address }
The vrf-name is the name of the VRF that the user wants to conduct a traceroute to.
The ip-address is the IP address containing the VRF to which the user wants to conduct a traceroute.