traceoptions

Syntax

traceoptions {
    file filename <replace> <size size> <files number> <no-stamp>;
    flag flag <flag-modifier> <disable>;
    }

Hierarchy Level

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

Description

Trace traffic flowing through a VPLS.

Options    

disable—(Optional) Disable the tracing operation. You can use this option to disable a single operation when you have defined a broad group of tracing operations, such as all.

file filename—Name of the file to receive the output of the tracing operation. Enclose the name within quotation marks.

files number—(Optional) Maximum number of trace files. When a trace file named trace-file reaches its maximum size, it is renamed trace-file.0, then trace-file.1, and so on, until the maximum number of trace files is reached. Then the oldest trace file is overwritten.

If you specify a maximum number of files, you also must specify a maximum file size with the size option.

Range: 2 to 1000
Default: 2 files

flag flag—Tracing operation to perform. To specify more than one tracing operation, include multiple flag statements.

• all—All VPLS tracing options
• connections—VPLS connections (events and state changes)
• error—Error conditions
• nlri—VPLS advertisements received or sent by means of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
• route—Routing information
• topology—VPLS topology changes caused by reconfiguration or advertisements received from other PE routers using BGP

flag-modifier—(Optional) Modifier for the tracing flag. You can specify the following modifier:

• detail—Provide detailed trace information

no-stamp—(Optional) Do not place timestamp information at the beginning of each line in the trace file.
Default: If you omit this option, timestamp information is placed at the beginning of each line of the tracing output.

replace—(Optional) Replace an existing trace file if there is one.
Default: If you do not include this option, tracing output is appended to an existing trace file.

size size—(Optional) Maximum size of each trace file, in kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), or gigabytes (GB). When a trace file named trace-file reaches this size, it is renamed trace-file.0. When trace-file again reaches its maximum size, trace-file.0 is renamed trace-file.1 and trace-file is renamed trace-file.0. This renaming scheme continues until the maximum number of trace files is reached. Then the oldest trace file is overwritten.

If you specify a maximum file size, you also must specify a maximum number of trace files with the files option.

Syntax: xk to specify KB, xm to specify MB, or xg to specify GB
Range: 10 KB through the maximum file size supported on your system
Default: 1 MB

Usage Guidelines

See Trace VPLS Traffic and Operations.

Required Privilege Level

routing—To view this statement in the configuration.
routing-control—To add this statement to the configuration.