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show services softwire statistics

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Syntax

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show services softwire statistics
<ds-lite>
<ds-lite>
<inferface interface-name>
<v6rd>

Description

Display information about softwire services.

Options

ds-lite

(Optional) Display only DS-Lite.

interface interface-name

(Optional) Name of the interface servicing the softwire. When you omit this option, data for all interfaces are shown.

v6rd

(Optional) Display only 6rd statistics.

Required Privilege Level

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Output Fields

Table 1 lists the output fields for the command-name command. Output fields are listed in the approximate order in which they appear.

Table 1: command-name Output Fields

Field Name

Field Description

Level of Output

Service PIC Name

Name of service PIC for which statistics are shown.

statistics

Softwires Created

Number of softwires created.

statistics

Softwires Created for EIF/HP

Number of softwires created for endpoint-independent filtering (EIF) or hairpinning (HP).

statistics for ds-lite only

Softwires Deleted

Number of softwires deleted.

statistics

Softwires Flows Created

Number of flows created.

statistics

Softwires Flows Deleted

Number of flows deleted.

statistics

Slow Path Packets Processed

Number of packets processed as initial packets in a softwire session. These packets require a rule lookup and setting up of flows; this processing of an initial packet in a flow is called the slow path.

statistics

Slow Path Packets Processed for EIF/HP

Number of slow path EIF/HP packets processed.

statistics for ds-lite only

Fast Path Packets Processed

Number of packets processed that are not slow path.

statistics

Fast Path Encapsulated

Number of packets encapsulated in the fast path.

statistics

Softwire EIF Accept

Number of packets that matched an EIF entry that initiated the creation of a DS-Lite tunnel. The EIF entry was previously triggered by a DS-Lite packet.

statistics for ds-lite only

Rule Match Succeeded

Number of packets that matched a softwire rule.

statistics

Rule Match Failed

Number of packets that did not match any softwire rule.

statistics

IPv6 Packets Fragmented

Number of packets fragmented by the services PIC.

statistics for ds-lite only

IPv4 Client Fragments

Number of IPv4 fragments received from the client end over the softwire tunnel destined to the server.

statistics for ds-lite only

IPv4 Server First Fragments

Number of IPv4 first fragments received from the server destined to go over the softwire tunnel to the client.

statistics for ds-lite only

IPv4 Server More Fragments

Number of IPv4 other fragments (excluding first and last fragment) received from the server destined to go over the softwire tunnel to the client.

statistics for ds-lite only

IPv4 Server Last Fragments

Number of IPv4 last fragments received from the server destined to go over the softwire tunnel to the client.

statistics for ds-lite only

ICMPv4 Packets sent

Number of ICMPv4 packets sent to the softwire concentrator.

statistics

ICMPv4 Error Packets sent

Number of ICMPv4 error packets sent to the softwire concentrator.

statistics

ICMPv6 Packets sent

Number of ICMPv6 packets sent to the softwire concentrator.

statistics

Dropped ICMPv6 packets destined to AFTR

Number of ICMPv6 packets dropped instead of sending to the softwire concentrator.

statistics

Softwire Creation Failed

Number of softwire creation failures.

statistics for ds-lite and 6rd

Softwire Creation Failed for EIF/HP

Number of softwire creation failures for EIF/HP.

statistics for ds-lite only

Flow Creation Failed

Number of flow creation failures.

statistics

Flow Creation Failed for EIF/HP

Number of flow creation failures for EIF/HP.

statistics for ds-lite only

Flow Creation Failed - Retry

Number of flow creations retried after failure.

statistics

Slow Path Failed

Number of failures detected in the slow path.

statistics

Slow Path Failed - Retry

Number of times processing of a packet was reprocessed in the slow path.

statistics

Packet not IPv4-in-IPv6

Number of IPv4 packets not encapsulated in IPv6.

statistics for ds-lite only

IPv6 Fragmentation Error

Number of IPv6 packets with fragmentation errors.

statistics

Slow Path Failed- IPv6 Next Header Offset

Number of IPv6 header errors detected in slow path processing.

statistics for ds-lite only

Decapsulated Packet not IPv4

Number of packets without IPv4 inner header.

statistics for ds-lite only

Decap Failed - IPv6 Next Header Offset

Decapsulation failure due to an unexpected inner header.

statistics for ds-lite only

Decap Failed - IPv4 L3 Integrity

Decapsulation failure due to incorrect Layer 3 data, such as not an IP packet, bad source or destination address, checksum error, or protocol error.

statistics for ds-lite only

Decap Failed - IPv4 L4 Integrity

Decapsulation failure due to incorrect Layer 4 data, such as errors in TCP, UDP, or TCP headers.

statistics for ds-lite only

No Softwire ID

Number of times a softwire ID was not found.

statistics

No Flow Extension

Number of times flow extensions were not found.

statistics

ICMPv4 Dropped Packets

Number of ICMPv4 packets dropped.

statistics

Packet not IPv6-in-IPv4

Number of IPv6 packets not encapsulated in IPv4.

statistics for v6rd only

Decapsulated Packet not IPv6

Number of packets without an IPv6 inner header.

statistics for v6rd only

Encapsulation Failed - No packet memory

Failed to encapsulate IPv6 packets in IPv4 due to low memory.

statistics for v6rd only

Flow limit exceeded

Flow not created because configured maximum flows per softwire is exceeded.

statistics

Session limit exceeded

Flow not created because configured maximum DS-Lite softwire sessions per IPv6 prefix is exceeded.

statistics for ds-lite only

Sample Output

show services softwire statistics (sp- interfaces)

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user@host> show services softwire statistics
DS-Lite Statistics:


  Service PIC Name:                              :sp-0/0/0

  Statistics
  ----------

    Softwires Created                            :0
    Softwires Created for EIF/HP                 :0
    Softwires Deleted                            :0
    Softwires Flows Created                      :0
    Softwires Flows Deleted                      :0
    Slow Path Packets Processed                  :0
    SLow Path Packets Processed for EIF/HP       :0
    Fast Path Packets Processed                  :0
    Fast Path Packets Encapsulated               :0
    Softwire EIF Accept                          :0
    Rule Match Succeeded                         :0
    Rule Match Failed                            :0
    IPv6 Packets Fragmented                      :0
    IPv4 Client Fragments                        :0
    IPv4 Server First Fragments                  :0
    IPv4 Server More Fragments                   :0
    IPv4 Server Last Fragments                   :0
    ICMPv4 Packets sent                          :0
    ICMPv4 Error Packets sent                    :0
    ICMPv6 Packets sent                          :0
    Dropped ICMPv6 packets destined to AFTR      :0

  Transient Errors
  ----------------

    Flow Creation Failed - Retry                 :0
    FLow Creation Failed - Retry for EIF/HP      :0
    Slow Path Failed - Retry                     :0

  Errors
  ------

    Softwire Creation Failed                            :0
    Softwire Creation Failed for EIF/HP                 :0
    Flow Creation Failed                                :0
    FLow Creation Failed For EIF/HP                     :0
    Slow Path Failed                                    :0
    Packet not IPv4-in-IPv6                             :0
    IPv6 Fragmentation Error                            :0
    Softwire Creation Failed - IPv6 Next Header Offset  :0
    Decapsulated Packet not IPv4                        :0
    Decap Failed - IPv6 Next Header Offset              :0
    Decap Failed - IPv4 L3 Integrity                    :0
    Decap Failed - IPv4 L4 Integrity                    :0
    No Softwire ID                                      :0
    No Flow Extension                                   :0
    Flow Limit Exceeded                                 :0

6rd Statistics:
                                        


 Service PIC Name                               :sp-0/0/0          

  Statistics
  ----------

    Softwires Created                            :0            
    Softwires Deleted                            :0            
    Softwires Flows Created                      :0            
    Softwires Flows Deleted                      :0            
    Slow Path Packets Processed                  :0            
    Fast Path Packets Processed                  :0            
    Fast Path Packets Encapsulated               :0            
    Rule Match Failed                            :0            
    Rule Match Succeeded                         :0            

  Transient Errors
  ----------------

    Flow Creation Failed - Retry                 :0            
    Slow Path Failed - Retry                     :0            

  Errors
  ------

    Softwire Creation Failed                     :0            
    Flow Creation Failed                         :0            
    Slow Path Failed                             :0            
    Packet not IPv6-in-IPv4                      :0            
    Slow Path Failed - IPv6 Next Header Offset   :0            
    Decapsulated Packet not IPv6                 :0            
    Encapsulation Failed - No packet memory      :0            
    No Softwire ID                               :0            
    No Flow Extension                            :0            
    ICMPv4 Dropped Packets                       :0

show services softwire statistics ds-lite (sp- interfaces)

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user@host> show services softwire statistics ds-lite
DS-Lite Statistics:


  Service PIC Name:                              :sp-0/0/0

  Statistics
  ----------

    Softwires Created                            :0
    Softwires Created for EIF/HP                 :0
    Softwires Deleted                            :0
    Softwires Flows Created                      :0
    Softwires Flows Deleted                      :0
    Slow Path Packets Processed                  :0
    SLow Path Packets Processed for EIF/HP       :0
    Fast Path Packets Processed                  :0
    Fast Path Packets Encapsulated               :0
    Softwire EIF Accept                          :0
    Rule Match Succeeded                         :0
    Rule Match Failed                            :0
    IPv6 Packets Fragmented                      :0
    IPv4 Client Fragments                        :0
    IPv4 Server First Fragments                  :0
    IPv4 Server More Fragments                   :0
    IPv4 Server Last Fragments                   :0
    ICMPv4 Packets sent                          :0
    ICMPv4 Error Packets sent                    :0
    ICMPv6 Packets sent                          :0
    Dropped ICMPv6 packets destined to AFTR      :0

  Transient Errors
  ----------------

    Flow Creation Failed - Retry                 :0
    FLow Creation Failed - Retry for EIF/HP      :0
    Slow Path Failed - Retry                     :0

  Errors
  ------

    Softwire Creation Failed                            :0
    Softwire Creation Failed for EIF/HP                 :0
    Flow Creation Failed                                :0
    FLow Creation Failed For EIF/HP                     :0
    Slow Path Failed                                    :0
    Packet not IPv4-in-IPv6                             :0
    IPv6 Fragmentation Error                            :0
    Softwire Creation Failed - IPv6 Next Header Offset  :0
    Decapsulated Packet not IPv4                        :0
    Decap Failed - IPv6 Next Header Offset              :0
    Decap Failed - IPv4 L3 Integrity                    :0
    Decap Failed - IPv4 L4 Integrity                    :0
    No Softwire ID                                      :0
    No Flow Extension                                   :0
    Flow Limit Exceeded                                 :0
    Session Limit Exceeded                              :0

Sample Output

show services softwire statistics (vms- interfaces)

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user@host> show services softwire statistics 
vms-2/0/0
    Total Session Interest events			    :3
    Total Session Destroy events                            :2
    Total Session Public Request events                     :0
    Total Session Accepts                                   :1
    Total Session Discards                                  :0
    Total Session Ignores                                   :0
    Total Session extension alloc failures                  :0
    Total Session extension set failures                    :0
Softwire statistics
    Total Softwire sessions created                         :1
    Total Softwire sessions deleted                         :2
    Total Softwire sessions created for reverse packets     :1
    Total Softwire session create failed for reverse pkts   :0
    Total Softwire rule match success                       :1
    Total Softwire rule match failed                        :0
    Softwire session limit exceeded                         :0
Softwire packet statistics
    Total Packets processed                                 :1
    Total packets encapsulated                              :1
    Total packets decapsulated                              :1
    Encapsulation errors                                    :0
    Decapsulation errors                                    :0
    Encapsulated pkts re-inject failures                    :0
    Decapsulated pkts re-inject failures                    :0
    DS-Lite ICMPv4 Echo replies sent                        :0
    DS-Lite ICMPv4 TTL exceeded messages sent               :0
    ICMPv6 ECHO request messages received destined to AFTR  :0
    ICMPv6 ECHO reply messages sent from AFTR               :0
    ICMPv6 ECHO requests to AFTR process failures           :0
    V6 untunnelled packets destined to AFTR dropped         :1
    Softwire policy add errors                              :0
    Softwire policy delete errors                           :0
    Softwire policy memory alloc failures                   :0
    Softwire Untunnelled packets ignored                    :0
Softwire Misc errors
    DS-Lite ICMPv4 TTL exceed message process errors        :0

show services softwire statistics ds-lite (vms- interfaces)

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user@host> show services softwire statistics ds-lite interface vms-2/0/0
vms-2/0/0
    Total Session Interest events			    :3
    Total Session Destroy events                            :2
    Total Session Public Request events                     :0
    Total Session Accepts                                   :1
    Total Session Discards                                  :0
    Total Session Ignores                                   :0
    Total Session extension alloc failures                  :0
    Total Session extension set failures                    :0
Softwire statistics
    Total Softwire sessions created                         :1
    Total Softwire sessions deleted                         :2
    Total Softwire sessions created for reverse packets     :1
    Total Softwire session create failed for reverse pkts   :0
    Total Softwire rule match success                       :1
    Total Softwire rule match failed                        :0
    Softwire session limit exceeded                         :0
Softwire packet statistics
    Total Packets processed                                 :1
    Total packets encapsulated                              :1
    Total packets decapsulated                              :1
    Encapsulation errors                                    :0
    Decapsulation errors                                    :0
    Encapsulated pkts re-inject failures                    :0
    Decapsulated pkts re-inject failures                    :0
    DS-Lite ICMPv4 Echo replies sent                        :0
    DS-Lite ICMPv4 TTL exceeded messages sent               :0
    ICMPv6 ECHO request messages received destined to AFTR  :0
    ICMPv6 ECHO reply messages sent from AFTR               :0
    ICMPv6 ECHO requests to AFTR process failures           :0
    V6 untunnelled packets destined to AFTR dropped         :1
    Softwire policy add errors                              :0
    Softwire policy delete errors                           :0
    Softwire policy memory alloc failures                   :0
    Softwire Untunnelled packets ignored                    :0
Softwire Misc errors
    DS-Lite ICMPv4 TTL exceed message process errors        :0

Release Information

Command introduced in Junos OS Release 10.4.

Support for Next Gen Services with the MX-SPC3 security services card added in Junos OS Release 20.2.

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