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SmartTrace Line Command Mode

You can use the following line commands from the IP Node Monitor, IP Resource Monitor, and connection lists to manage simple traces:

PT (Activate Packet Trace)

Starts a packet trace for the selected entry. In most cases, a panel appears for you to specify additional filter criteria.

Note: The SMARTTRACE parameter group determines the number of packets that are retained for a trace.

PTI (Inactivate Packet Trace)

Stops the current packet trace for the selected entry. A stopped trace remains viewable for a time as specified in the SMARTTRACE parameter group.

PTD (Inactivate and Delete Packet Trace)

Deletes the packet trace and all associated packet trace data for the selected entry.

PTV (View Packet Trace)

Views the packets that the current packet trace collects.

Example: Trace a Connection

You enter PT against an IP connection on a Connections panel to start a packet trace:

 COMP44--------------------- TCP/IP : Connections -------------Stack: *MULTIPLE*
 Command ===>                                                   Scroll ===> CSR 
                                                                                
     Line 518 of 550                              Refresh Every ...      Seconds
             S=View I=Information CS=Statistics PT=Packet Trace Z=Drop ?=Actions
     Foreign               Local                                                
     Host             Port Host             LPort TaskName Status       Idle
     172.31.122.204   1770 192.168.65.11     3001 COMP1    ESTABLISHED   0:09:41
 PT  172.31.122.209   2676 192.168.65.11     3001 COMP1    ESTABLISHED   0:03:45
     172.31.122.209   2680 192.168.65.11     3001 COMP1    ESTABLISHED   3:39:49

After the trace has started (as indicated by *PT*), you can enter PTV against the connection to view the trace.

 PTV 172.31.122.209   2676 192.168.65.11     3001 COMP1    ESTABLISHED      *PT*

The following panel shows some of the traced packets:

 COMP44-------------- SmartTrace : Connection Packet List ----------------------
 Command ===>                                                   Scroll ===> CSR 
                                                                                
                                                                S/V=View P=Print
     Stack .... TCPIP11                     Total Traced 334                    
     Local Host 192.168.65.11          <--> Foreign Host 172.31.122.209         
     Local Port 3001                        Foreign Port 2676                   
     Protocol   TCP                                                             
                                                                                
          Dir  +Time  Bytes  Summary Information                                
     0001  -> <0.001     70  Ack Psh Win=32738 Seq=2044186642 Ack=1239670188    
     0002 <-   0.643     40  Ack Psh Win=32738 Seq=1239670188 Ack=2044186672    
     0003 <-   0.713     70  Ack Psh Win=32738 Seq=1239670188 Ack=2044186672    

You can refresh the panel to see the latest packets, drill down to the individual packet detail, or go back to the connection list to stop the trace.

More information:

View a Trace