Specifying Tracing Options

Trace options specify the desired level of tracing output from gated. Tracing output provides useful system information for setting up a node on the network. Use trace options if you are setting up a node and want a certain type of tracing sent to a log file. You can specify tracing in the following ways:

In a Protocol statement in the /etc/gated.conf configuration file.
In the Trace class of the /etc/gated.conf configuration file.
On the command line with the -t option when starting gated.

Trace information is appended to the trace file unless you specify replace. Command line options are useful for tracing events in gated prior to the reading of the configuration file.




	NOTE: With version 3.5 of `gated`, the two statements previously in the Trace class (`tracefile` and `traceoptions`) have been combined into one `traceoptions` statement. So, the `tracefile` statement has been eliminated. For details about the new syntax, type `man 4 gated.conf` at the HP-UX prompt.

Table 8-3 “Protocol-Related Global Trace Options for gated Configuration Files” shows the gated.conf global trace options that are related to protocols.

Table 8-3 Protocol-Related Global Trace Options for gated Configuration Files

Option	Effect
`state`	Traces the state machine transitions in the protocols.
`normal`	Traces the normal protocol events. (Abnormal protocol events are always traced.)
`policy`	Traces the application of protocol and user-specified policies to routes that are being imported and exported.
`task`	Traces the system interface and processing that is associated with this protocol or peer.
`timer`	Traces the timer usage by this protocol or peer.
`route`	Traces all routing table changes for routes installed by this protocol or peer.
`general`	A combination of `normal` and `route`.
`all`	Enables all of the above tracing options.

Note that some of the above options do not apply to all of the protocols. To see which options are applicable for each protocol and which other trace options are available within the configuration file, type man 4 gated.conf at the HP-UX prompt. Tracing operations are described in the section “Troubleshooting gated”.

Specifying Tracing Options

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