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Last Updated : Nov 06, 2012 |

Specifies which type of operation an RTR operation should employ in its probes, and to specify the address of the remote device to be probed.

Note:

This command is available only for newly-created RTRs, not for existing RTRs.

Syntax

type echo protocol ipIcmpEcho ip-address

type tcpConnect dest-ipaddr ip-address dest-port port

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Possible Values

Default Value

echo protocol ipIcmpEcho

Keyword indicating to use the ICMP Echo operation for RTR probes

tcpConnect

Keyword indicating to use the TCP Connection operation for RTR probes

ip-address

The IP address of the remote device to be probed

port

The port number of the destination port to be probed

User level

read-write

Context

rtr

Examples

To specify ICMP Echo operation for RTR probes of the remote device at IP address 137.42.11.1: 
Gxxx-001(config-rtr 1)# type echo protocol ipIcmpEcho 137.42.11.1
Gxxx-001(config-rtr icmp 1)#
To specify TCP Connection operation for RTR probes at port 80 of the remote device at IP address 147.42.11.1: 
Gxxx-001(config-rtr 2)# type tcpConnect dest-ipaddr 147.42.11.1 dest-port 80
Gxxx-001(config-rtr tcp 2)#