Troubleshooting Guide

Table Of Contents
Triggering a Layer 2 ping
Use this procedure to trigger a Layer 2 ping inside an SPBM cloud or network, which acts like native
ping. This feature enables CFM to debug Layer 2. It can also help you debug IP shortcuts and the
record for the shortcuts’ ARP.
Before you begin
You must have a MEP that is associated with a VLAN.
Procedure
Trigger a Layer 2 ping:
l2 ping {vlan <1-4059> routernodename WORD<0–255> | vlan <1-4059> mac
<0x00:0x00:0x00:0x00:0x00:0x00>} [burst-count <1–200>] [data-tlv-size <0–
400>] [frame-size <64–1500>] [priority <0–7>] [source-mode <nodal|
noVlanMac|smltVirtual>] [testfill-pattern <all-zero|all-zero-crc|pseudo-
random-bit-sequence|pseudo-random-bit-sequence-crc>] [time-out <1–10>]
l2 ping {ip-address WORD<0–255>} [burst-count <1–200>] [data-tlv-size <0–
400>] [frame-size <64–1500>] [priority <0–7>] [source-mode <nodal|
noVlanMac|smltVirtual>] [testfill-pattern <all-zero|all-zero-crc|pseudo-
random-bit-sequence|pseudo-random-bit-sequence-crc>] [time-out <1–10>]
[vrf WORD<0–16>]
Example
VSP-4850GTS# l2 ping vlan 500 mac 00.14.0d.bf.a3.df
Please wait for l2ping to complete or press any key to abort
----00:14:0d:bf:a3:df L2 PING Statistics---- 0(68) bytes of data
1 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.00% packet loss
VSP-4850GTS# VSP-4850GTS# l2 ping vlan 500 routernodename VSP-MONTI0
Please wait for l2ping to complete or press any key to abort
----00:14:0d:a2:b3:df L2 PING Statistics---- 0(68) bytes of data
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0.00% packet loss
round-trip (us) min/max/ave/stdv = 26895/26895/26895.00/ 0.00
VSP-4850GTS# l2 ping ip-address 10.1.1.1
Please wait for l2ping to complete or press any key to abort
L2 PING Statistics : IP 10.1.1.1, paths found 1, replies 1
================================================================================
TX RX PERCENT ROUND TRIP TIME
VLAN NEXT HOP PKTS PKTS LOSS MIN/MAX/AVE
(us)
================================================================================
500 VSP-SHAMIM (00:1a:8f:08:53:df) 1 0 100.00% 0/0/0.00
Variable definitions
Use the data in the following table to configure the L2 ping parameters.
CFM configuration using ACLI
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