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SPARC Enterprise M8000/M9000 Servers Service Manual • August 2009

2.9.5.1

Options

TABLE 2-17

describes options for the ping command and how those options can help

troubleshooting.

The following example shows output for the ping -s command.

TABLE 2-17

Options for ping

Option

Description

How It Can Help

hostname

The probe packet is sent to hostname and returned.

Verifies that a host is active on the
network.

-g

hostname

Forces the probe packet to route through a specified
gateway.

By identifying different routes to
the target host, those individual
routes can be tested for quality.

-i

interface

Designates which interface to send and receive the probe
packet through.

Enables a simple check of
secondary network interfaces.

-n

Replaces host names with IP addresses.

Used when an address is more
beneficial than a host name.

-s

Pings continuously in one-second intervals. Ctrl-C aborts.
Upon abort, statistics are displayed.

Helps identify intermittent or
long-duration network events. By
piping ping output to a file,
activity overnight can later be
viewed at once.

-svR

Displays the route the probe packet followed in one second
intervals.

Indicates probe packet route and
number of hops. Comparing
multiple routes can identify
bottlenecks.

# ping -s teddybear

PING teddybear: 56 data bytes

64 bytes from teddybear (192.146.77.140): icmp_seq=0. time=1. ms

64 bytes from teddybear (192.146.77.140): icmp_seq=1. time=0. ms

64 bytes from teddybear (192.146.77.140): icmp_seq=2. time=0. ms

^C

----teddybear PING Statistics----

3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss

round-trip (ms)

min/avg/max = 0/0/1