Version
Description
9.0.2.0
Introduced on the S6000.
9.0.0.0
Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.19.0
Introduced on the S4820T.
Added support for the
outgoing-interface
option for link-local IPv6 addressing on
the S4820T.
8.3.12.0
Added support for the
outgoing-interface
option for link-local IPv6 addressing on
the S4810.
8.3.11.1
Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0
Introduced on the S4810.
8.5.1.0
Added support for 4-port 40G line cards.
8.4.1.0
IPv6 pinging available on management interface.
8.3.1.0
Introduced extended ping options.
8.2.1.0
Introduced on the E-Series (IPv6).
8.1.1.0
Introduced on the E-Series (IPv4).
7.9.1.0
Introduced VRF.
7.6.1.0
Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0
Introduced on the C-Series.
7.4.1.0
Added support for IPv6 address on the E-Series.
Usage Information
When you enter the
ping
command without specifying an IP/IPv6 address (Extended Ping), you are prompted for
a target IP/IPv6 address, a repeat count, a datagram size (up to 1500 bytes), a timeout (in seconds), and for
Extended Commands.
The following table provides descriptions for the
ping
command status response symbols displayed in the output.
Symbol
Description
!
Each exclamation point indicates receipt of a reply.
.
Each period indicates the network server timed out while waiting for a reply.
U
A destination unreachable error PDU was received.
Q
Source quench (destination too busy).
M
Could not fragment.
?
Unknown packet type.
&
Packet lifetime exceeded.
Example (IPv4)
Dell# ping 172.31.1.255
Type Ctrl-C to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 172.31.1.255, timeout is 2 seconds:
Reply to request 1 from 172.31.1.208 0 ms
Reply to request 1 from 172.31.1.216 0 ms
Reply to request 1 from 172.31.1.205 16 ms
::
Reply to request 5 from 172.31.1.209 0 ms
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