System Management Commands
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System Management Commands
ping
Use the
ping
command to send ICMP echo request packets to another node
on the network.
Syntax
ping [ip]
{ipv4-address | hostname} [size packet_size] [count packet_count]
[timeout time_out]
ping ipv6
{ipv6-address | hostname} [size packet_size] [count
packet_count] [timeout time_out]
Parameters
•
ip
—Use IPv4 to check the network connectivity.
•
ipv6
—Use IPv6 to check the network connectivity.
•
ipv4-address
—IPv4 address to ping.
•
ipv6-address
—Unicast or multicast IPv6 address to ping. When the IPv6
address is a Link Local address (IPv6Z address), the outgoing interface
name must be specified. Refer to the User Guidelines for the interface
name syntax.
•
hostname
—Hostname to ping (160 characters. Maximum label size: 63.)
•
packet_size
—Number of bytes in the packet not including the VLAN tag.
The default is 64 bytes. (IPv4:64-1518, IPv6: 68-1518)
•
packet_count
—Number of packets to send, from 1 to 65535 packets. The
default is 4 packets. If 0 is entered, it pings until stopped (0–65535).
•
time-out
—Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply, from 50 to
65535 milliseconds. The default is 2000 milliseconds (50–65535).