Cisco ME 3400 Command Reference Manual page 732

traceroute mac
This example shows the Layer 2 path when the switch is not connected to the source switch:
Switch# traceroute mac 0000.0201.0501 0000.0201.0201 detail
Source not directly connected, tracing source .....
Source 0000.0201.0501 found on con5[ME-3400-24TS] (2.2.5.5)
con5 / ME-3400-24TS/ 2.2.5.5 :
con1 / WS-C3550-12G / 2.2.1.1 :
con2 / WS-C3550-24 / 2.2.2.2 :
Destination 0000.0201.0201 found on con2[WS-C3550-24] (2.2.2.2)
Layer 2 trace completed.
This example shows the Layer 2 path when the switch cannot find the destination port for the source
MAC address:
Switch# traceroute mac 0000.0011.1111 0000.0201.0201
Error:Source Mac address not found.
Layer2 trace aborted.
This example shows the Layer 2 path when the source and destination devices are in different VLANs:
Switch# traceroute mac 0000.0201.0601 0000.0301.0201
Error:Source and destination macs are on different vlans.
Layer2 trace aborted.
This example shows the Layer 2 path when the destination MAC address is a multicast address:
Switch# traceroute mac 0000.0201.0601 0100.0201.0201
Invalid destination mac address
This example shows the Layer 2 path when source and destination switches belong to multiple VLANs:
Switch# traceroute mac 0000.0201.0601 0000.0201.0201
Error:Mac found on multiple vlans.
Layer2 trace aborted.
Related Commands Command
traceroute mac ip
Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Command Reference
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Gi0/1 [auto, auto] => Gi0/3 [auto, auto]
Gi0/1 [auto, auto] => Gi0/2 [auto, auto]
Gi0/2 [auto, auto] => Fa0/1 [auto, auto]
Description
Displays the Layer 2 path taken by the packets from the specified source IP
address or hostname to the specified destination IP address or hostname.
Chapter 2 Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Cisco IOS Commands
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