Trace VPLS Traffic and Operations

To trace VPLS traffic, you can specify options using the traceoptions statement:

traceoptions {

    file filename <replace> <size size> <files number> <nostamp>;

    flag flag <flag-modifier> <disable>;

}

You can configure this statement at the following hierarchy levels:

• [edit logical-routers logical-router-name routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols vpls]
• [edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols vpls]

The following trace flags display the operations associated with VPLS:

• all—All VPLS tracing options.
• connections—VPLS connections (events and state changes).
• error—Error conditions.
• nlri—VPLS advertisements received or sent using BGP.
• route—Trace routing information.
• topology—VPLS topology changes caused by reconfiguration or advertisements received from other PE routers using BGP.