SROS Command Line Interface Reference Guide
Common Commands
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ping
<address>
Use the
ping
command (at the Enable Command mode prompt) to verify IP network connectivity.
Syntax Description
<address>
Optional. Specifies the IP address of the system to PING. Entering the
ping
command with no specified address prompts the user with parameters for a more
detailed PING configuration. See
Functional Notes
(below) for more information.
Default Values
No default value necessary for this command.
Functional Notes
The
ping
command helps diagnose basic IP network connectivity using the Packet InterNet Groper (PING)
program to repeatedly bounce Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Echo_Request packets off a
system (using a specified IP address). The SROS allows executing a standard PING request to a specified
IP address or provides a set of prompts to configure a more specific PING configuration.
The following is a list of output messages from the
ping
command:
!
Success
-
Destination Host Unreachable
$
Invalid Host Address
X
TTL Expired in Transit
? Unknown
Host
*
Request Timed Out
The following is a list of available extended PING fields with descriptions:
Target IP Address
Specifies the IP address of the system to PING.
Repeat Count
Number of PING packets to send to the system (valid range: 1 to 1,000,000).
Datagram Size
Size (in bytes) of the PING packet (valid range: 1 to 1448).
Timeout in Seconds
If a PING response is not received within the timeout period, the PING is
considered unsuccessful (valid range: 1 to 5 seconds).
Extended Commands
Specifies whether additional commands are desired for more PING
configuration parameters.
Source Address
Specifies the IP address to use as the source address in the ECHO_REQ (or
interface) packets.
Data Pattern
Specifies an alphanumerical string to use (the ASCII equivalent) as the data
pattern in the ECHO_REQ packets.