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43.4 Traceroute6 
The Traceroute6 function is used on testing the gateways passed through by the data packets 
from the source equipment to the destination equipment, to verify the accessibility and locate 
the network failure. The principle of the Traceroute6 under IPv6 is the same as that under IPv4, 
which adopts the hop limit field of the ICMPv6 and IPv6 header. First, Traceroute6 sends an 
IPv6 datagram (including source address, destination address and packet sent time) whose 
HOPLIMIT  is set  to  1.  When  first  route  on  the  path  receives  this  datagram,  it minus  the 
HOPLIMIT  by  1  and  the  HOPLIMIT is  now  0.  So  the  router  will  discard  this  datagram  and 
returns  with  a  “ICMPv6  time  exceeded”  message  (including  the  source  address  of  the  IPv6 
packet, all content in the IPv6 packet and the IPv6 address of the router). Upon receiving this 
message, the Traceroute6 sends another datagram of which the HOPLIMIT is increased to 2 
so to discover the second router. Plus 1 to the HOPLIMIT every time to discover another router, 
the Traceroute6 repeat this action till certain datagram reaches the destination. 
Traceroute6 Options and explanations of the parameters of the Traceroute6 command please 
refer to traceroute6 command chapter in the command manual. 
43.5 Show 
show command is used to display information about the system, port and protocol operation. 
This  part  introduces  the  show  command  that  displays  system  information,  other  show 
commands will be discussed in other chapters. 
Command 
Explanation 
Admin Mode 
show debugging 
Display the debugging state. 
show flash 
Display the files and the sizes saved in the flash. 
show history 
Display the recent user input history command. 
show history all-users [detail] 
Show the recent command history of all users. Use 
clear  history  all-users  command  to  clear  the 
command history of all users saved by the system, 
the max history number can be set by history all-
users max-length command. 
show memory 
Display content in specified memory area. 
show running-config 
Display  the  switch  parameter  configuration 
validating at current operation state. 
show startup-config 
Display  the  switch  parameter  configuration  written 
in  the  Flash  Memory  at  current  operation state, 
which  is  normally  the  configuration  file  applied  in 
next time the switch starts up. 










