If a route test was requested, results of the test are sent asynchronously to the console of the operator requesting the display. If the route test failed, the results are also sent to the console of the host that owns the rejecting subarea node. If the host owning the rejecting subarea is the same host that initiated the route test, that host will receive the test results twice.

To be tested, the explicit route must be known to VTAM®. This means that the explicit route must be defined to VTAM, or at some time must have been operative.