Command Manual – Multicast Protocol 
Quidway S3900 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510  Chapter 7  MSDP Configuration Commands
 
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Description 
Use the msdp-tracert command to trace the path along which an SA message travels, 
so as to locate message loss and minimize configuration errors. After determining the 
path of the SA message, you can prevent SA flooding through correct configuration. 
By default, the number of skipped hops before the switch collects the detailed 
information is 0.  
Example 
# Trace path information of (10.10.1.1, 225.2.2.2, 20.20.20.20). 
<Quidway> msdp-tracert 10.10.1.1 225.2.2.2 20.20.20.20 
# Specify the maximum number of hops to be traced and collect the detailed SA and 
MSDP peer information. 
<Quidway> msdp-tracert 10.10.1.1 225.2.2.2 20.20.20.20 max-hops 10 sa-info 
peer-info 
MSDP tracert: press CTRL_C to break 
 D-bit:  set if have this (S,G) in cache but with a different RP 
 RP-bit: set if this router is an RP 
 NC-bit: set if this router is not caching SA's 
 C-bit:  set if this (S,G,RP) tuple is in the cache 
 MSDP trace route path information: 
   Router Address:  20.20.1.1 
     Fixed-length response info: 
       Peer Uptime: 10 minutes,  Cache Entry Uptime: 30 minutes 
       D-bit: 0,  RP-bit: 1,  NC-bit: 0,  C-bit: 1 
       Return Code: Reached-max-hops 
     Next Hop info: 
       Next-Hop Router Address: 0.0.0.0 
     SA info: 
       Count of SA messages received for this (S,G,RP): 0 
       Count of encapsulated data packets received for this (S,G,RP):0 
             SA cache entry uptime: 00:30:00 ,  SA cache entry expiry time: 00:03:32 
     Peering info: 
       Peering Uptime: 10 minutes,  Count of Peering Resets: 3 
Table 7-4 Description on the fields of the msdp-tracert command 
Field  Description 
Router Address 
The address used by the local router to establish an 
peering session with the Peer-PRF neighbor
 
Peer Uptime 
The time of the peering session between the local router 
and a Peer-RPF neighbor, in minutes. The maximum value 
is 255.