System management commands, Ping, 4 system management commands – Dell PowerEdge VRTX User Manual
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System Management Commands
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System Management Commands
ping
Use the ping EXEC mode command to send ICMP echo request packets to
another node on the network.
Syntax
ping [ip] {i
pv4-address | hostname
}
[
size packet_size
] [
count packet_count
]
[
timeout time_out
] [source
source-address
]
ping ipv6 {
ipv6-address | hostname
} [
size packet_size
] [
count
packet_count
] [
timeout time_out
] [source
source-address
]
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. See
•
hostname—Hostname to ping (Length: 1-160 characters. Maximum label
size for each part of the host name: 58.)
•
size
packet_size
—Number of bytes in the packet not including the VLAN
tag. The default is 64 bytes. (IPv4:64–1518, IPv6: 68–1518)
•
count
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
time-out
—Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply, from 50 to
65535 milliseconds. The default is 2000 milliseconds (50–65535).
•
source
source-address
—Source address (Unicast IPv4 address or global
Unicast IPv6 address).