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monitor protocol multicast

Sets debugging options for multicast routing.

monitor protocol multicast [ [ background { start | stop } ] | { enable | disable } { ip | ipv6 } [ event | fib-msg | mrib-msg | mrt | mtrace | mtrace-detail | nsm-msg | register-msg | stats | vif ] ]

Multicast debugging is disabled.

background
Performs debugging operations in the background.
start
Starts debugging in the background.
stop
Stops debugging in the background.
enable
Enables the specified debugging option.
disable
Disables the specified debugging option.
ip
Specifies IPv4 multicast debugging.
ipv6
Specifies IPv6 multicast debugging.
event
Displays debugging messages for multicast events.
fib-msg
Reports all forwarding information base messages.
mrib-msg
Reports all multicast routing information base messages.
mrt
Displays debugging messages for multicast routes.
mtrace
Displays multicast traceroute debugging.
mtrace-detail
Displays detailed multicast traceroute debugging.
nsm-msg
Reports all Network Services Module messages.
register-msg
Reports all Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) register messages.
stats
Displays debugging messages for multicast statistics.
vif
Displays debugging messages for multicast-enabled vif interfaces.

Operational mode

Use this command to enable or disable debugging for multicast and to configure multicast debugging options.

The following example starts debugging in the background for IPv4 multicast events.

vyatta@vyatta:~$ monitor protocol multicast enable ip event

The following example disables all IPv6 multicast debugging.

vyatta@vyatta:~$ monitor protocol multicast disable ipv6