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8 GUI: Advanced Settings
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8.1.1 Diagnostics
Introduction
The Diagnostics page allows you to let the HBA ping a device or website. Ping is
used to test if a host (for example, a website or a computer) is reachable.
Procedure
To diagnose network connectivity:
1 On the top menu, click Advanced .
2 The Advanced page appears. Click HBA Advanced Settings on the bottom of
the page and then click Yes t o confirm that you want to access the advanced
settings.
3 Under , click Diagnostics .
4 The Diagnostics page appears.
In the Destination box, type one of the following:
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The DNS name (for example: www.google.com) or IP address (for example:
141.11.249.33) of a website.
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The DNS name (for example: Sascha-PC.lan) or IP address (for example:
192.168.1.3) of network device.
5 If needed change the number of pings in the Number of pings box .
6 Click Go .
7 The HBA is now pinging the destination. You can follow the progress in the
Packets box.
8 At the end of the test the results appear.
Under:
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Status , you can see if the test was successful or not.
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Packets , you can see the number packets that were received and the
percentage of packets that were lost.