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IPv6DiagnosticandTroubleshooting
Contents
Introduction .................................................. 9-2
ICMP Rate-Limiting ........................................... 9-2
Ping for IPv6 (Ping6) .......................................... 9-4
Traceroute for IPv6 ........................................... 9-7
DNS Resolver for IPv6 ........................................ 9-10
DNSConfiguration ................. ........................ 9-10
ViewingtheCurrentConfiguration ............................ 9-12
OperatingNotes............................................ 9-12
Debug/Syslog for IPv6 ........................................ 9-13
ConfiguringDebugandEventLogMessaging ................... 9-13
DebugCommand ................... ........................ 9-14
ConfiguringDebugDestinations .............................. 9-16
LoggingCommand ......................................... 9-17
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IPv6DiagnosticandTroubleshooting
Introduction
Introduction
Feature Default CLI
IPv6ICMPMessageIntervaland
TokenBucket
100ms
10maxtokens
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ping6 Enabled
traceroute6 n/a
TheIPv6ICMPfeatureenablescontrolovertheerrorandinformational
messagerateforIPv6traffic,whichcanhelpmitigatetheeffectsofaDenial-
of-serviceattack.Ping6enablesverificationofaccesstoaspecificIPv6device,
andtraceroute6enablestracingtheroutetoanIPv6-enableddeviceonthe
network.
ICMPRate-Limiting
ICMPrate-limitingcontrolstherateatwhichICMPv6generateserrorand
informationalmessagesforfeaturessuchas:
neighborsolicitations
neighboradvertisements
multicastlistenerdiscovery(MLD)
pathMTUdiscovery(PMTU)
duplicateaddressdiscovery(DAD)
neighborunreachabilitydetection(NUD)
routerdiscovery
neighbordiscovery(NDP)
ICMPv6errormessagegenerationisenabledbydefault.Therateofmessage
generationcanbeadjusted,ormessagegenerationcanbedisabled.
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ICMPRate-Limiting
ControllingthefrequencyofICMPv6errormessagescanhelptopreventDoS
(Denial-of-Service)attacks.WithIPv6enabledontheswitch,youcancontrol
theallowablefrequencyofthesemessageswithICMPv6rate-limiting.
Syntax:. ipv6icmperror-interval<0-2147483647>[bucket-size<1-200>]
noipv6icmperror-interval
Thiscommandisexecutedfromtheglobalconfigurationlevel,
andusesatokenbucketmethodforlimitingtherateofICMP
errorandinformationalmessages.Usingthismethod,each
ICMPmessageusesonetoken,andamessagecanbesentonly
ifthereisatokenavailable.Inthedefaultconfiguration,anew
tokencanbeaddedevery100milliseconds,andamaximum
of10tokensareallowedinthetokenbucket.Ifthetokenbucket
isfull,anewtokencannotbeaddeduntilanexistingtokenis
usedtoenablesendinganICMPmessage.Youcanincreaseor
decreaseboththethefrequencywithwhichusedtokenscanbe
replacedand(optionally)thenumberoftokensallowedto
exist.
error-interval:Specifiesthetimeintervalinmilliseconds
betweensuccessivetokenadds.Increasingthisvalue
decreasestherateatwhichtokenscanbeadded.Asetting
of0disablesICMPmessaging.
Default:100;Range: 0- 2147483647.
bucket-size:Thisoptionalkeywordspecifiesthemaximum
numberoftokensallowedinthetokenbucketatanytime.
Decreasingthisvaluedecreasesthemaximumnumberof
tokensthatmaybeavailableatanytime.
Default:10;Range: 1-200.
YoucanchangetherateatwhichICMPmessagesareallowed
bychangingtheerror-intervalwithorwithoutacorre-
spondingchangeinthebucket-size.
Thenoipv6icmperror-intervalcommandresetsboththeerror-
intervalandthebucket-sizevaluestotheirdefaults.
UsetheshowruncommandtoviewthecurrentICMPerror
intervalsettings.
Forexample,thefollowingcommandlimitsICMPerrorandinformational
messagestonomorethan20every1second:
Pr oCur ve( conf i g) #i pv6 i cmp er r or - i nt er val 1000000 bucket - si ze
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PingforIPv6(Ping6)
PingforIPv6(Ping6)
ThePing6testisapoint-to-pointtestthatacceptsanIPv6addressorIPv6host
nametoseeifanIPv6switchiscommunicatingproperlywithanotherdevice
onthesameoranotherIPv6network.Apingtestchecksthepathbetweenthe
switchandanotherdevicebysendingIPpackets(ICMPEchoRequests).
Touseaping6commandwithanIPv6hostnameorfullyqualifieddomain
names,refertoDNSResolverforIPv6onpage9-10.
Youcanissuesingleormultiplepingtestswithvaryingrepetitionsandtimeout
periodstowaitforapingreply.
Repliestoeachpingtestaredisplayedontheconsolescreen.Tostopaping
testbeforeitfinishes,press[Ctrl] [C].
Formoreinformationaboutusingapingtest,refertotheTroubleshooting
appendixinthecurrentManagementandConfigurationGuideforyour
switch.
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PingforIPv6(Ping6)
Syntax: ping6<ipv6-address|hostname |switch-number >
[repetitions<1-10000>][timeout<1-60>][data-size<0-65507>]
[data-fill<0-1024>][source<ipv6-addr|vid>][oobm]
ping6<link-local-address%vlan<vid>|hostname |switch-number>
[repetitions<1-10000>][timeout<1-60>][data-size<0-65507>]
[data-fill<0-1024>][source<ipv6-addr|vid>][oobm]
PingsthespecifiedIPv6hostbysendingICMPversion6
(ICMPv6)echorequestpacketstothespecifiedhost.
<ipv6-address>:IPv6addressofadestinationhostdevice.
< link-local-address>%vlan<vlan-id>:IPv6link-local
address,where%vlan<vlan-id>specifiestheVLANID
number.
< hostname>:HostnameofanIPv6hostdeviceconfigured
onanIPv6DNSserver.
< switch-number>:NumberofanIPv6-basedswitchthatis
amemberofaswitchstack(IPv6subnet).Validvalues:1-
16.
<oobm>:Forswitchesthathaveaseparateout-of-band
management(OOBM)port,oobmspecifiesthatthetraffic
originatesfromtheout-of-bandmanagementport.
[repetitions<1-10000>]:NumberoftimesthatIPv6ping
packetsaresenttothedestinationIPv6host.Default:1.
[timeout<1-60>]:Numberofsecondswithinwhicharesponse
isrequiredfromthedestinationhostbeforethepingtest
timesout.Validvalues:1-60.Default:1second.
[data-size<0-65471]:Sizeofdata(inbytes)tobesentinping
packets.Validvalues:0- 65471.Default:0.
[data-fill<0-1024>]:Textstringusedasdatainpingpackets.
Range:upto1024alphanumericcharacters;Default:0.
[source<ipv6-addr|vid>]:TheIPv6addressofthepinging
deviceortheVLAN-IDonwhichthepingisbeingsent.
Default: 0(notextisused).
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PingforIPv6(Ping6)
Pr oCur ve# pi ng6 f e80: : 2: 1%vl an10
f e80: 0000: 0000: 0000: 0000: 0000: 0002: 0001 i s al i ve, t i me = 975 ms
Pr oCur ve# pi ng6 2001: db8: : a: 1c: e3: 3 r epet i t i ons 3
2001: 0db8: 0000: 0000: 000a: 001c: 00e3: 0003 i s al i ve, i t er at i on 1, t i me = 15 ms
2001: 0db8: 0000: 0000: 000a: 001c: 00e3: 0003 i s al i ve, i t er at i on 2, t i me = 15 ms
2001: 0db8: 0000: 0000: 000a: 001c: 00e3: 0003 i s al i ve, i t er at i on 3, t i me = 15 ms
3 packet s t r ansmi t t ed, 3 packet s r ecei ved, 0%packet l oss
r ound- t r i p ( ms) mi n/ avg/ max = 15/ 15/ 15
Pr oCur ve# pi ng6 2001: db8: : 214: c2f f : f e4c: e480 r epet i t i ons 3 t i meout 2
2001: db8: 0000: 0000: 0214: c2f f : f e4c: e480 i s al i ve, i t er at i on 1, t i me = 15 ms
2001: db8: 0000: 0000: 0214: c2f f : f e4c: e480 i s al i ve, i t er at i on 2, t i me = 10 ms
2001: db8: 0000: 0000: 0214: c2f f : f e4c: e480 i s al i ve, i t er at i on 3, t i me = 15 ms
Pr oCur ve# pi ng6 2001: db8: : 10
Request t i med out .
Figure9-1. ExamplesofIPv6PingTests
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IPv6DiagnosticandTroubleshooting
TracerouteforIPv6
TracerouteforIPv6
Thetraceroute6commandenablesyoutotracetheroutefromaswitchtoa
hostdevicethatisidentifiedbyanIPv6addressorIPv6hostname.Inthe
commandoutput,informationoneach(router)hopbetweentheswitchand
thedestinationIPv6addressisdisplayed.
Touseatraceroute6commandwithanIPv6hostnameorfullyqualifieddomain
names,refertoDNSResolverforIPv6onpage9-10.
Notethateachtimeyouperformatracerouteoperation,thetraceroute
commandusesthedefaultsettingsunlessyouenterdifferentvalueswitheach
instanceofthecommand.
Repliestoeachtracerouteoperationaredisplayedontheconsolescreen.To
stopatracerouteoperationbeforeitfinishes,press[Ctrl] [C].
Formoreinformationabouthowtoconfigureanduseatracerouteoperation,
refertotheTroubleshootingappendixintheManagementandConfigura-
tionGuide.
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IPv6DiagnosticandTroubleshooting
TracerouteforIPv6
Syntax: traceroute6<ipv6-address|hostname >
[minttl<1-255>[maxttl<1-255>
[timeout<1-60>][probes<1-5>][source<ipv6-addr |vid |oobm>
traceroute6<link-local-address%vlan<vid>|hostname >
[minttl<1-255>][maxttl<1-255>]
[timeout<1-60>][probes<1-5>][source<ipv6-addr |vid|oobm>
ListstheIPv6addressofeachhopintheroutetothespecified
destinationhostdevicewiththetime(inmicroseconds)
requiredforapacketreplytobereceivedfromeachnext-hop
device.
<ipv6-address>:IPv6addressofadestinationhostdevice.
<link-local-address>%vlan<vlan-id>:IPv6link-localaddress,
where%vlan<vlan-id>specifiestheVLANIDnumber.
<hostname>:HostnameofanIPv6hostdeviceconfiguredon
anIPv6DNSserver.
<oobm>:Forswitchesthathaveaseparateout-of-band
management(OOBM)port,oobmspecifiesthatthetraffic
originatesfromtheout-of-bandmanagementport.
minttl:Minimumnumberofhopsallowedforeachprobe
packetsentalongtheroute.Default:1;Range:1- 255.
Ifthe minttlvalueisgreaterthantheactualnumberofhops,
thetracerouteoutputdisplaysonlythehopsequaltoor
greaterthantheconfiguredminttlthresholdvalue.The
hopsbelowthethresholdvaluearenotdisplayed.
Ifthe minttlvalueisthesameastheactualnumberofhops,
onlythefinalhopisdisplayedinthecommandoutput.
Ifthe minttlvalueislessthantheactualnumberofhops,
allhopstothedestinationhostaredisplayed.
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TracerouteforIPv6
maxttl:Maximumnumberofhopsallowedforeachprobe
packetsentalongtheroute.Validvalues:1-255.Default:30.
Ifthe maxttlvalueislessthantheactualnumberofhops
requiredtoreachthehost,thetracerouteoutputdisplays
onlytheIPv6addressesofthehopsdetectedbythe
configuredmaxttlvalue.
timeout:Numberofsecondswithinwhicharesponseis
requiredfromtheIPv6deviceateachhopintheroutetothe
destinationhostbeforethetracerouteoperationtimesout.
Default:5seconds;Range:1-60.
probes:Numberoftimesatracerouteisperformedtolocate
theIPv6deviceatanyhopintheroutetothespecifiedhost
beforetheoperationtimesout.Default:3;Range:1-5.
[source<ipv6-addr|vid>]:ThesourceIPv6addressorVLAN
ofthetraceroutedeviceortheVLAN-IDonwhichthe
traceroutepacketisbeingsent.
Pr oCur ve# t r acer out e6 2001: db8: : 10
t r acer out e t o 2001: db8: : 10
1 hop mi n, 30 hops max, 5 sec. t i meout , 3 pr obes
1 2001: db8: : a: 1c: e3: 3 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms
2 2001: db8: 0: 7: : 5 7 ms 3 ms 0 ms
3 2001: db8: : 214: c2f f : f e4c: e480 0 ms 1 ms 0 ms
4 2001: db8: : 10 0 ms 1 ms 0 ms
Pr oCur ve# t r acer out e6 2001: db8: : 10 maxt t l 7
t r acer out e t o f e80: : 1: 2: 3: 4
1 hop mi n, 7 hops max, 5 sec. t i meout , 3 pr obes
1 2001: db8: : a: 1c: e3: 3 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms
2 2001: db8: 0: 7: : 5 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms
3 * 2001: db8: : 214: c2f f : f e4c: e480 *
4 * * *
5 * * *
6 * * *
7 * * *
DestinationIPv6address
Intermediaterouterhopswith
thetime(inmilliseconds)for
theswitchtoreceivea
responsefromeachofthe
threeprobessenttoeach
router.
Athop3,thefirstandthirdprobestimed
out,butthesecondprobereachedthe
router.Eachtimed-outprobeisdisplayed
withanasterisk(*).
Thefourremainingprobeswithinthe
configuredseven-hopmaximum(maxttl)
alsotimedoutwithoutfindinganext-hop
routerorthedestinationIPv6address.
Figure9-2. ExamplesofIPv6TracerouteProbes
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IPv6DiagnosticandTroubleshooting
DNSResolverforIPv6
DNSResolverforIPv6
TheDomainNameSystem(DNS)resolverisdesignedforlocalnetwork
domainswhereitenablesuseofahostnameorfullyqualifieddomainname
tosupportDNS-compatiblecommandsfromtheswitch.Beginningwithsoft-
warereleaseK.13.01,DNSoperationsupportsthesefeatures:
dual-stackoperation:IPv6andIPv4DNSresolution
DNS-compatiblecommands:ping,ping6,traceroute,andtraceroute6
multiple,prioritizedDNSservers(IPv4andIPv6)
DNSConfiguration
UptothreeDNSserverscanbeconfigured.Theaddressesmustbeprioritized,
andcanbeforanycombinationofIPv4andIPv6DNSservers.
Not e ThissectiondescribesthecommandsforconfiguringDNSoperationforIPv6
DNSapplications.ForfurtherinformationandexamplesonusingtheDNS
feature,refertoDNSResolverinappendixC,Troubleshooting,inthe
currentManagementandConfigurationGuideforyourswitch.
Syntax:. [no]ipdnsserver-addresspriority<1-3><ip-addr>[oobm}
Usedattheglobalconfigleveltoconfiguretheaddressand
priorityofaDNSserver.Allowsforconfiguringuptothree
serversprovidingDNSservice.(Theserversmustallbeacces-
sibletotheswitch.)ThecommandallowsbothIPv4andIPv6
serversinanycombinationandanyorderofpriority.
priority<1-3>:IdentifiestheorderinwhichthespecifiedDNS
serverwillbeaccessedbyaDNSresolutionattempt.Aresolu-
tionattempttrieseachconfiguredDNSserveraddress,in
ascendingorderofpriority,untiltheattemptissuccessfulor
allconfiguredserveroptionshavebeentriedandfailed.To
changethepriorityofanexistingserveroption,youmust
removetheoptionfromtheswitchconfigurationandre-enter
itwiththenewpriority.Ifanotherserveraddressisconfig-
uredforthenewpriority,youmustalsoremovethataddress
fromtheconfigurationbeforere-assigningitspriorityto
anotheraddress.
Continuedonthenextpage.
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DNSResolverforIPv6
Continuedfromthepreviouspage.
Thenoformofthecommandremovesthespecifiedaddress
fromtheserveraddresslistconfiguredontheswitch.
<ip-addr>:SpecifiestheaddressofanIPv6orIPv4DNSserver.
[oobm]:Forswitchesthathaveaseparateout-of-bandmanage-
ment(OOBM)port,thisparameterspecifiesthatcommunica-
tionwiththeDNSservergoesthroughthatOOBMport.
Syntax:. [no]ipdnsdomain-name<domain-name-suffix>
Usedattheglobalconfigleveltoconfigurethedomainsuffix
thatisautomaticallyappendedtothehostnameenteredwith
acommandsupportingDNSoperation.Configuringthe
domainsuffixisoptionalifyouplantousefullyqualified
domainnamesinallcasesinsteadofjustenteringhostnames.
YoucanconfigureuptothreeaddressesforDNSserversinthe
sameordifferentdomains.However,youcanconfigureonly
onedomainnamesuffix.Thismeansthatafullyqualified
domainnamemustbeusedtoresolveaddressesforhoststhat
donotresideinthesamedomainastheoneyouconfigure
withthiscommand.Thatis,ifthedomainnamesuffixand
theaddressofaDNSserverforthatsamedomainareboth
configuredontheswitch,thenyouneedtoenteronlythehost
nameofthedesiredtargetwhenexecutingacommandthat
supportsDNSoperation.ButiftheDNSserverusedtoresolve
thehostnameforthedesiredtargetisinadifferentdomain
thanthedomainconfiguredwiththiscommand,thenyouneed
toenterthefullyqualifieddomainnameforthetarget.
Thenoformofthecommandremovestheconfigureddomain
namesuffix.
Forexample,supposeyouwanttoconfigurethefollowingontheswitch:
theaddress2001:db8::127:10whichidentifiesaDNSserverinthedomain
namedmygroup.procurve.net
apriorityof1fortheaboveserver
thedomainsuffixmygroup.procurve.net
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DNSResolverforIPv6
Assumethattheabove,configuredDNSserversupportsanIPv6devicehaving
ahostnameofmars-1(andanIPv6addressoffe80::215:60ff:fe7a:adc0)in
themygroup.procurve.netdomain.Inthiscaseyoucanusethedevice'shost
namealonetopingthedevicebecausethemygroup.procurve.netdomainhas
beenconfiguredasthedomainnameontheswitchandtheaddressofaDNS
serverresidinginthatdomainisalsoconfiguredontheswitch.Thecommands
forthesestepsareasfollows:
Pr oCur ve( conf i g) # i p dns ser ver pr i or i t y 1 2001: db8: : 127: 10
Pr oCur ve( conf i g) # i p dns domai n- name mygr oup. pr ocur ve. net
Pr oCur ve( conf i g) # pi ng6 mar s- 1
f e80: : 215: 60f f : f e7a: adc0 i s al i ve, t i me = 1 ms
Figure9-3. ExampleofConfiguringforaLocalDNSServerandPingingaRegisteredDevice
However,forthesamemars-1device,ifmygroup.procurve.netwasnotthe
configureddomainname,youwouldhavetousethefullyqualifieddomain
nameforthedevicenamedmars-1:
Pr oCur ve# pi ng6 mar s- 1. mygr oup. pr ocur ve. net
ForfurtherinformationandexamplesonusingtheDNSfeature,refertoDNS
ResolverinappendixC,Troubleshooting,inthecurrentManagementand
ConfigurationGuideforyourswitch.
ViewingtheCurrentConfiguration
UsetheshowipdnscommandtoviewthecurrentDNSserverconfiguration.
UsetheshowruncommandtoviewboththecurrentDNSserveraddresses
andthecurrentDNSdomainnameintheactiveconfiguration.
OperatingNotes
InsoftwarereleaseK.13.01,DNSaddressingisnotconfigurablefroma
DHCPv6server.
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Debug/SyslogforIPv6
Debug/SyslogforIPv6
TheDebug/Systemlogging(Syslog)forIPv6featureprovidesthesamelogging
functionsastheIPv4version,allowingyoutorecordIPv4andIPv6EventLog
anddebugmessagesonaremotedevicetotroubleshootswitchornetwork
operation.Forexample,youcansendmessagesaboutroutingmisconfigura-
tionsandothernetworkprotocoldetailstoanexternaldevice,andlateruse
themtodebugnetwork-levelproblems.
ConfiguringDebugandEventLogMessaging
TospecifythetypesofdebugandEventLogmessagesthatyouwanttosend
toanexternaldevice:
Usethedebug<debug-type>commandtosendmessagingreportsforthe
followingtypesofswitchevents:
ACLdenymatches
DHCPsnoopingevents
DynamicARPprotectionevents
EventsrecordedintheswitchsEventLog
IPv4OSPFandRIProutingevents
IPv6DHCPv6clientandNeighborDiscoveryevents
LLDPevents
Usethelogging<severityseverity-level|system-modulesystem-module>
commandtoselectasubsetofEventLogmessagestosendtoanexternal
devicefordebuggingpurposesaccordingto:
Severitylevel
Systemmodule
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Debug/SyslogforIPv6
DebugCommand
Syntax: [no]debug< debug-type>
ConfiguresthetypesofIPv4andIPv6messagesthataresentto
Syslogserversorotherdebugdestinations,where<debug-type>is
anyofthefollowingeventtypes:
acl
WhenamatchoccursonanACLdenystatementwitha
logparameter,anACLmessageissenttoconfigureddebug
destinations.(Default:Disabled-ACLmessagesfortraffic
thatmatchesdenyentriesarenotsent.)
all
ConfiguresallIPv4andIPv6debugmessagetypestobesent
toconfigureddebugdestinations.(Default:Disabled-No
debugmessagesaresent.)
arp-protect
ConfiguresmessagesforDynamicARPProtectioneventsto
besenttoconfigureddebugdestinations.(Default:Disabled
-Nodebugmessagesaresent.)
event
ConfiguresEventLogmessagestobesenttoconfigured
debugdestinations.
EventLogmessagesareenabledtobeautomaticallysentto
debugdestinationsinthefollowingconditions:
IfnoSyslogserveraddressisconfiguredandyouenter
theloggingcommandtoconfigureadestinationaddress.
IfatleastoneSyslogserveraddressisconfiguredinthe
startupconfigurationandtheswitchisrebootedorreset.
Eventlogmessagesarethedefaulttypeofdebugmessage
senttoconfigureddebugdestinations.
ip
ConfiguresIPv4OSPFandRIProutingmessagestobesent
toconfigureddebugdestinations.
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Debug/SyslogforIPv6
Syntax:. [no]debug< debug-type>(Continued)
ip[ospf<adj|event|flood|lsa-generation|packet|retransmission
|spf >]
ConfiguresspecifiedIPv4OSPFmessagetypestobesentto
configureddebugdestinations:
adj Adjacencychanges.
event OSPFevents.
flood Informationonfloodmessages.
lsa-generation NewLSAsaddedtodatabase.
packet Packetssent/received.
retransmission Retransmissiontimermessages.
spf Pathrecalculationmessages
ip[rip<database|event|trigger>]
ConfiguresspecifiedIPv4RIPmessagetypestobesentto
configureddebugdestinations:
databaseDatabasechanges
eventRIPevents
triggerTriggermessages
ipv6
ConfiguresmessagesforIPv6DHCPv6clientandneighbor
discoveryeventstobesenttoconfigureddebugdestina-
tions.
ipv6[dhcpv6-client<events|packets>|nd]
ConfiguresoneofthefollowingIPv6messagetypestobe
senttoconfigureddebugdestinations:
dhcpv6-clientseventsDHCPv6clientevents
dhcpv6-clientspacketsStatisticsonDHCPv6packets
transmittedonaswitchconfiguredasaDHCPv6client
ndEventsduringIPv6neighbordiscovery
lldp
ConfiguresallLLDPmessagetypestobesenttoconfigured
debugdestinations.
wireless-services
Configuresmessagesabouttheoperationofwireless-ser-
vicesmodulestobesenttoconfigureddebugdestinations.
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Debug/SyslogforIPv6
ConfiguringDebugDestinations
ADebug/SyslogdestinationdevicecanbeaSyslogserver(uptosixmaximum)
and/oraconsolesession:
Usethedebugdestination<logging|session|buffer>commandtoenable
(anddisable)SyslogmessagingonaSyslogserverortoaCLIsessionfor
thedebugmessagetypesconfiguredwiththedebugandloggingcom-
mands(seeConfiguringDebugandEventLogMessagingonpage9-13):
debugdestinationloggingenablestheconfigureddebugmessagetypes
tobesenttoSyslogserversconfiguredwiththeloggingcommand.
debugdestinationsessionenablestheconfigureddebugmessagetypes
tobesenttotheCLIsessionthatexecutedthiscommand.Thesession
canbeonanyoneterminalemulationdevicewithserial,Telnet,or
SSHaccesstotheCLIattheManagerlevelprompt.
debugdestinationbufferenablestheconfigureddebugmessagetypes
tobesenttoabufferinswitchmemory.
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Debug/SyslogforIPv6
LoggingCommand
Syntax: [no]logging< syslog-ipv4-addr >
EnablesordisablesSyslogmessagingtothespecifiedIPv4
address.Youcanconfigureuptosixaddresses.Ifyouconfig-
ureanaddresswhennonearealreadyconfigured,thiscom-
mandenablesdestinationlogging(Syslog)andtheEvent
debugtype.Therefore,ataminimum,theswitchbeginssend-
ingEventLogmessagestoconfiguredSyslogservers.Ifother
debugmessagetypesareconfigured,theyarealsosenttothe
Syslogserver.
nologgingremovesallcurrentlyconfiguredSysloglogging
destinationsfromtherunningconfiguration.
nologging<syslog-ipv4-address>removesonlythespecified
Syslogloggingdestinationfromtherunningconfiguration.
Note:ThenologgingcommanddoesnotdeletetheSyslogserver
addressesstoredinthestartupconfiguration.TodeleteSyslog
addressesinthestartupconfiguration,youmustenterthe
nologgingcommandfollowedbythewritememorycommand.To
verifythedeletionofaSyslogserveraddress,displaythe
startupconfigurationbyenteringtheshowconfigcommand.
ToblockthemessagessenttoconfiguredSyslogserversfrom
thecurrentlyconfigureddebugmessagetype,enterthenodebug
<debug-type>command.
TodisableSyslogloggingontheswitchwithoutdeletingcon-
figuredserveraddresses,enterthenodebugdestinationlogging
command.
ForcompleteinformationonhowtoconfigureaSyslogserverandDebug/
Syslogmessagereports,refertotheTroubleshootingappendixintheMan-
agementandConfigurationGuide.
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Debug/SyslogforIPv6
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