Tracing Multicast VPN Traffic and Operations

To trace multicast VPN traffic, you can specify options with the traceoptions statement:




traceoptions {
file filename <files number> <size size> <world-readable |
no-world-readable>;
flag flag <flag-modifier> <disable>;
}

You can include this statement at the following hierarchy levels:

[edit logical-systems logical-system-name routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols mvpn]
[edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols mvpn]

The following trace flags display the operations associated with multicast VPNs:

all—All multicast VPN tracing options
error—Error conditions
general—General events
nlri—Multicast VPN advertisements received or sent by means of BGP
normal—Normal events
policy—Policy processing
route—Routing information
state—State transitions
task—Routing protocol task processing
timer—Routing protocol timer processing
topology—Multicast VPN topology changes caused by reconfiguration or advertisements received from other PE routers using BGP