Dell PowerEdge M605 - Manual (Page 275)

System Management Commands 253
User Guidelines
No specific guidelines.
Example
console(config)#stack
console(config-stack)#no standby
Fastpath will automatically select a standby
ping
Use the ping command in User EXEC mode to check the accessibility of the desired node on the
network.
Syntax
ping {ip-address |hostname} [size packet_size] [count packet_count] [timeout time_out] |
ipv6}
• ip-address —IP address to ping (contact).
• Hostname—Hostname to ping (contact). (Range: 1 - 158 characters)
• packet_size—Number of bytes in a packet. (Range: 56 - 1472 bytes) The actual packet
size is eight bytes larger than the size specified because the switch adds header
information.
• packet_count—Number of packets to send. (Range: 1 - 65,535 packets)
• time_out—Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply. (Range: 50 - 65,535
milliseconds)
Default Configuration
The default packet size is 64 bytes.
The default packet count is 4 packets.
The default time-out is 2000 milliseconds.
Command Mode
User EXEC mode
User Guidelines
If the packet count is not specified, the packet count defaults to four pings.
Following are sample results of the ping command:
• Destination does not respond—If the host does not respond, a “No answer from host”
message appears in 10 seconds.