Cisco ME 3800X Command Reference Manual page 511

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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

traceroute mac ip

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.

Cisco ME 3800X and ME 3600X Switch Command Reference

traceroute mac