AT&T OneVision DEFINITY G3 Guide, Installation And Connection Manual

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Issue 2 April 1996
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UnixWare Installation
To Test the TCP/IP Connection
To Test the TCP/IP
Connection
Introduction To make sure that the Proxy Agent is connected to the network
and to the Fault Manager, you must test the connection.
When to use Test the network connection after you set the hosts file.
Procedure Use the following steps to test the network connection.
Step Action
1 Enter the following command at the UNIX prompt:
/usr/sbin/ping [NMS name]
2 Does the UNIX system display the following message?
[nms] is alive
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If yes, you have completed this procedure.
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If no, troubleshoot the connection as described in
the next section.
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