(ECMP) links, you cannot effectively and optimally use the traceroute and ping
applications to examine the network reachablity and identify any broken links for
diagnostic purposes. In such cases, if the reply that is obtained from each hop on
the network path contains the IP address of the adjacent, neighboring interface
from which the packet is received, it is difficult to employ the ping and traceroute
utilites. You can enable the ICMP unreachable messages to contain the loopback
address of the source device instead of the previous hop's IP address to be able to
easily and quickly identify the device and devices along the path because the DNS
server maps the loopback IP address to the hostname and does not translate the IP
address of every interface of the switch to the hostname.
Example
Dell(conf)#ip icmp source-interface tengigabitethernet 0/0
Dell(conf)#
ipv6 icmp source-interface
Enable the ICMP error and unreachable messages to be sent with the source interface IP address, such as
the loopback address, instead of the hops of the preceding devices along the network path to be used for
easy debugging and diagnosis of network disconnections and reachability problems with IPv6 packets.
This functionality is supported on the MXL platform.
Syntax
ipv6 icmp source-interface
interface
Parameters
interface
Enter one of the following keywords and slot/port or number
information:
• For a Management Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
managementethernet
.
NOTE: When you configure the capability to enable
the loopback IP address to be sent for easy
debugging and diagnosis (IP addresses of the devices
for which the ICMP source interface is configured),
the source IP address of the outgoing ICMP error
message is modified, although the packets are not
sent out using the configured interface. Because the
management interface is configurable only without
any parameters such as the IP address, it is treated to
the management interface of the primary unit or the
existing unit.
• For a Loopback interface, enter the keyword
loopback
.
The range is from 0 to 16383.
• For a 1-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
GigabitEthernet
.
• For a Port Channel interface, enter the keywords
port-
channel
then a number. The range is from 1 to 128.
• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
TenGigabitEthernet
.
• For a 40-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
fortyGigE
.
• For a VLAN interface, enter the keyword
vlan
. The range
is from 1 to 4094.
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