Nortel Networks 2300 manual Displaying a Trace, Stopping a Trace, Tracing Authorization Activity

Appendix A: Troubleshooting a WS Switch 583

Tracing Authorization Activity

Tracing authorization activity can help diagnose authorization problems. For example, to trace the authorization of MAC address 00:00:30:b8:72:b0, type the following command:

23x0# set trace authorization mac-addr 00:00:30:b8:72:b0

success: change accepted.

Tracing 802.1X Sessions

Tracing 802.1X sessions can help diagnose problems with wireless clients. For example, to trace 802.1X activity for user tamara@example.com at level 4, type the following command:

23x0# set trace dot1x user tamara@example.com level 4

success: change accepted.

Displaying a Trace

Use the show trace command to show the trace areas that are enabled. For example, to display all currently running trace commands, type the following command:

23x0# show trace

milliseconds spent printing traces: 31.945

Trace Area	Level Mac	User		Port Filter
--------------------	----- ----------------- ----------------- ---- --------
authentication	3	admin		0
authorization	5			0
sm	5		11	0
dot1x	2			0

Stopping a Trace

The clear trace commands deletes running trace commands. To clear all traces or a particular trace area, type the following command:

clear trace {all trace area}

(For a list of all areas that can be traced, see “List of Trace Areas” on page 585.)

For example, to stop a trace of session manager activity, type the following command:

23x0# clear trace sm

success: change accepted.

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