You can use one or more of the following methods to verify
that mrouted is operating:
Retrieve the Virtual Interface
Table and the Multicast Routing Table to
see if the correct virtual interfaces (vifs) are configured. Refer
to “Displaying mrouted Routing Tables” for information on retrieving these
tables.
Retrieve the Routing Cache Table to
see if the routing and cache information is appropriate for your
configuration of mrouted. Refer to “Displaying mrouted Routing Tables” for information
on retrieving this table.
Look at the syslog file /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log and check for warning and error messages that
indicate the status of mrouted. When mrouted starts, it logs a startup message that indicates
the mrouted version number, such as "mrouted version
3.8".
Issue the HP-UX ps (process status) command and search, using grep, for the string "mrouted" to
determine if the mrouted program is running, as follows: