Configuring a Trace Test Instance
Context
Before configuring a trace test instance, configure reachable routes between the NQA client and the tested device.
The NQA trace test provides equivalent functions as the tracert command but displays more detailed information.
Perform the following steps on the NQA client.
Procedure
- Run system-view
The system view is displayed.
- Run nqa test-instance admin-name test-name
An NQA test instance is created, and the NQA view is displayed.
- Run test-type trace
The test type is set to trace.
- Run destination-address ipv4 ipv4-address
The destination address for the trace test instance is configured.
- (Optional) Run the following commands as required to configure parameters for the trace test instance.
Run description string
A description is configured for the test instance.
Run frequency interval
The test period is set.
Run timeout time
The timeout period of a probe is set.
Run destination-port port-number
The destination port number is configured.
Run source-address ipv4 ipv4-address
The source IP address is configured.
Run tracert-livetime first-ttl first-ttl max-ttl max-ttl
The initial and the maximum TTL values of packets are configured.
Run tracert-hopfailtimes times
The hop fail times are set.
Run set-df
Packet fragmentation is prohibited.
Run datasize size
The packet size is set.
Run datafill fillstring
The padding field is configured.
Run sendpacket passroute
The NQA test instance is configured to send packets without searching the routing table.
Run probe-count number
The number of probes in a test is set.
Run vpn-instance vpn-instance-name
The VPN instance name is configured.
Run records history number
The maximum number of historical records is set.
Run records result number
The maximum number of result records is set.
Run agetime hh:mm:ss
The aging time is set for the test instance.