Performing a TraceRoute on a device by using the TR line command
Use one of the following procedures to perform a TraceRoute on a device by using the TR line command.
- Select an IP address that is displayed in the Tracerte IPAddr field
- Type a TRACEROUTE command on the COMMAND line
- Issue the TR line command from a Tracerte Information view
To issue the TR line command from a connections view
- From the EZIP menu, select CONNECTIONS from the TCP/IP Activity section.
From the EZCONS menu, select one of the following types of connections from the CONNECTIONS section and press Enter:
- All
- Listen
- Active
- TCP
- UDP
- TN3270
- SMC
The selection panel displays a list of IP addresses. Selecting All displays the ALLCONS panel.
- Type TR in the CMD field beside the IP address to be traced, and then press Enter.
The TraceRte Connection pop-up is displayed:
+--------------------------- TraceRoute Connection ---------------------------+
| |
| Specify IP Address or Host Name |
| IPAddress: 172.28.21.73 |
| Host Name: |
| |
| TCPIP Stack: |
| Attempts: 3 (1-20) |
| Max Hops: 30 (1-255) |
| Max Wait: 5 (1-255) |
| Port: 33434 (2048-60000) |
| Command Wait: 10 (3-180) |
| |
| Intfname: |
| Source IP Address: |
| |
| END to TraceRoute connection |
| CANCEL to NOT TraceRoute connection |
| HELP to view related help |
| |
| |
| |
| COMMAND ===> SCROLL ===> CSR |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Edit the fields as needed and press F3:
- For TCP/IP stack, specify the TCPIP Stack to use when issuing the PING command.
- For Attempts, specify the maximum number of attempts that BMC AMI Ops Monitor for IP should try.
- For Max Hops, specify the maximum number of hops on the traceroute (The valid values are 1-64, and the default is 32)
- For Max Wait, specify the maximum wait on each hop of the traceroute (The valid values are 1-255, the default is 5 seconds).
- For Port, specify the port number to use when performing the traceroute the IP address.
- For Command Wait, specify the time (seconds) to wait for the traceroute command.
- For Intfname, specify the local interface over which the packets will be sent.
- For Source IP Address, specify the source IP address that BMC AMI Ops Monitor for IP will use to send packets.
The following figure shows the TRACED view:
ddmmmyyyy ------------------------------------------------- BMC AMI Ops WINDOW INTERFACE (V7.0.00)
CURR WIN ===> 1 ALT WIN ===>
>W1 =TRACED============TCPIP====*========ddmmmyyyy==hh:mm:ss====MVIP=====D====1====================
TraceRoute Parms
Host Name........... am-mbauman-w1.bmc.com
IP Address.......... 172.28.21.73
Port................ 33434
Max Hops............ 30
Max Wait............ 5
Max Attempts........ 3
Stack Name..........
Interface Name......
Source IPAddr.......
Command Wait........ 10
Response Data
Status.............. Successful
1 ips-prod-core-usa-phx2-int-mf-trust2.bmc.com (172.24.51.253) 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms
2 172.24.240.163 (172.24.240.163) 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms
3 sw-agg-usa-phx2-02-po30.bmc.com (172.24.252.73) 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms
4 rtr-level3-p2p-usa-phx2-t001.bmc.com (172.24.252.81) 0 ms 1 ms 1 ms
5 rtr-twtc-p2p-usa-aus2-ge004.bmc.com (172.24.252.13) 20 ms 21 ms 20 ms
6 sw-agg-usa-aus2-02-vlan80.bmc.com (172.22.252.83) 22 ms 22 ms 26 ms
7 ips-egr-usa-aus2-vpn-trust.bmc.com (172.22.252.36) 21 ms 21 ms 21 ms
8 am-mbauman-w1.bmc.com (172.28.21.73) 67 ms * 67 ms
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