3Com Switch 8800 Configuration Guide
Chapter 46 System Maintenance and Debugging
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46.4 Testing Tools for Network Connection
46.4.1 ping
The
ping
command can be used to check the network connection and if the host is
reachable.
Perform the following configuration in any view.
Table 46-8
The
ping
command
Operation
Command
Support IP ping
ping
[
ip
] [ -
a
ip
-
address
|
-c
count
|
-d
| -
h
ttl
| -
i
{
interface
-
type
interface
-
num
|
interface
-
name
} |
-n
|
- p
pattern
|
-q
|
-r
|
-s
packetsize
|
-t
timeout
|
-tos
tos
|
-v
|
-vpn-instance
vpn
-
instance
-
name
]*
host
The output of the command includes:
z
The response to each ping message. If no response packet is received when time
is out, ”Request time out” information appears. Otherwise, the data bytes, the
packet sequence number, TTL, and the round-trip time of the response packet will
be displayed.
z
The final statistics, including the number of the packets the switch sent out and
received, the packet loss ratio, the round-trip time in its minimum value, mean
value and maximum value.
46.4.2 ping-distribute enable
Use the
ping-distribute enable
command to enable the ping distribution function.
Use the
undo ping-distribute enable
command to disable the ping distribution
function.
Perform the following configuration in system view.
Table 46-9
Enable/disable the ping distribution function
Operation
Command
Enable the ping distribution function
ping-distribute enable
Disable the ping distribution function
undo ping-distribute
By default, the ping distribution function is enabled.
