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Ping command – HP M-series HA-Fabric Manager Software User Manual

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Ping command

Description Initiates an attempt to communicate with another switch over an Ethernet network and reports the

result.

Authority None

Syntax

ping [ip_address]

Operands

[ip_address]

The IP address of the switch to query. Broadcast IP addresses, such as 255.255.255.255, are not
valid.

Examples The following is an example of a successful Ping command:

McDATA4GbSAN #> ping 10.20.11.57

Ping command issued. Waiting for response...

McDATA4GbSAN #>

Response successfully received from 10.20.11.57.

This following is an example of an unsuccessful Ping command:

McDATA4GbSAN #> ping 10.20.10.100

Ping command issued. Waiting for response...

No response from 10.20.10.100. Unreachable.

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