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show virtual-chassis vc-path

Syntax

show virtual-chassis vc-path source-interface interface-name destination-interface interface-name

Release Information

Command introduced in Junos OS Release 9.6 for EX Series switches.

Description

Show the path a packet takes when going from a source interface to a destination interface in a Virtual Chassis configuration.

Options

source-interface interface-name

Name of the interface from which the packet originates

destination-interface interface-name

Name of the interface to which the packet is delivered

Required Privilege Level

view

List of Sample Output

show virtual-chassis vc-path source-interface destination-interface

Output Fields

Table 1 lists the output fields for the show virtual-chassis vc-path command. Output fields are listed in the approximate order in which they appear.

Table 1: show virtual-chassis vc-path Output Fields

Field Name

Field Description

Hop

The number of hops between the source and destination interfaces.

Member

The Virtual Chassis ID of the member switch that contains the Packet Forwarding Engine for each intermediate hop.

PFE-Device

The number of the Packet Forwarding Engine in each Virtual Chassis member through which a packet passes. Each Packet Forwarding Engine is the next hop of the preceding Packet Forwarding Engine.

Interface

The name of the interface through which the Packet Forwarding Engines are connected. The interface for the first hop is always the source interface and the interface for the last hop is always the destination interface. For intermediate hops, the Interface field denotes the Packet Forwarding Engines through which the packet passes on its way to the next hop.

Sample Output

show virtual-chassis vc-path source-interface destination-interface

user@switch> show virtual-chassis vc-path source-interface ge-0/0/0 destination-interface ge-1/0/1
vc-path from ge-0/0/0 to ge-1/0/1
Hop      Member     PFE-Device      Interface
0         0          1              ge-0/0/0 
1         0          0              internal-1/24 
2         1          3              vcp-0 
3         1          4              ge-1/0/1 

Published: 2012-12-07