ibtracert Command

Traces the InfiniBand path. Issued on the Linux InfiniBand host.

Syntax

ibtracert [-d][-D][-G][-h][-m mlid][-s smlid][-v][-V][-C ca_name][-P ca_port][-t timeout][lid|dr_path|guid [startlid [endlid]]]

where:

• mlid is the multicast LID.

• smlid is the Subnet Manager LID.

• ca_name is the channel adapter name.

• ca_port is the channel adapter port.

• timeout is the timeout in milliseconds.

• lid is the local identifier.

• dr_path is the directed path.

• guid is the global unit identifier.

• startlid is the starting LID for a range.

• endlid is the ending LID for a range.

Description

This InfiniBand software command uses SMPs to trace the path from a source GID or LID to a destination GID or LID. Each responding hop in the path is displayed. The -m option enables multicast path tracing between source and destination nodes.

Options

The following table describes the options to the ibtracert command and their purposes:

Example

The following example shows how to display the path from LID 58 to LID 57 with the ibtracert command.

# ibtracert 58 57
From ca {0x0003ba000100c708} portnum 2 lid 58-58 "nsn34-39 HCA-1"
[2] -> switch port {0x00bad0cc010016a2}[22] lid 1-1 "Sun DCS 648 shmm1500 LC slot 6 switch 0"
[1] -> switch port {0x00bad0fc0100f8b2}[7] lid 57-57 "Sun DCS 648 shmm1500 FC slot 8 switch 1"
To switch {0x00bad0fc0100f8b2} portnum 0 lid 57-57 "Sun DCS 648 shmm1500 FC slot 8 switch 1"
#

Related Information

• ibtracert man page

• ibroute Command