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Cisco MGX 8850 Routing Switch Command Reference
Release 2.0, Part Number 78-10467-04 Rev C0, October 2001
Chapter 1
Command Line Interface Overview
ping
ping
Ping
Use ping to determine if a host is operational. The command causes the switch to send an ICMP packet
to a destination address.
Cards on Which This Command Runs
PXM45
Syntax
ping <IP_Addr>
[<Num_Packets>]
Syntax Description
Related Commands
None
Attributes
Example
Ping IP address 172.29.23.148.
MGX8850.7.PXM.a > ping 172.29.23.148
PING 172.29.23.148: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 172.29.23.148: icmp_seq=0. time=0. ms
64 bytes from 172.29.23.148: icmp_seq=1. time=0. ms
64 bytes from 172.29.23.148: icmp_seq=2. time=0. ms
----172.29.23.148 PING Statistics----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 0/0/0
IP_Addr
IP address of the destination host in dotted decimal format.
Num_Packets
Number of packets. The range is 0–65535.
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0=infinite
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3=default
Log: no log
State: active, standby
Privilege: ANYUSER