| The 'test path' command requests the controller to compute | |
| the path between interfaces on switches, return, and display | |
| the result. No attempt it made to validate the connectivity | |
| between the two endpoints. | |
| To compute the path, and source and a destination needs to | |
| be provided. These can be described in a variety of different | |
| forms: hosts mac addresses, ip addresses, or switch and interface | |
| names. |