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Chapter 12 Command Line Interface Reference
ping
ping
To verify communication with another SN 5428-2 Storage Router or system in the network, use the ping
command.
ping {ip-address | servername} [numpkts nn] [size sn]
Syntax Description
Defaults The default setting is to attempt five 64-byte pings.
Command Modes Administrator or Monitor. The optional numpkts and size keywords are not available in Monitor mode.
Command History
Usage Guidelines Use this command to verify that there is a TCP/IP communication path to another SN 5428-2 Storage
Router or system in the network.
Examples The following example attempts to verify the communication path to the IP address 10.1.30.17, using
the default size and maximum number of packets:
[SN5428-2A]# ping 10.1.30.17
The following example attempts to reach the IP address 10.1.30.17 by sending up to three pings, each
consisting of a 120-byte packet. You must be logged on in Administrator mode to execute this command.
[SN5428-2A]# ping 10.1.30.17 numpkts 3 size 120
Related Commands
ip-address The IP address of another system or SN 5428-2 Storage Router.
servername The name of another server. The storage router must be configured to use
the services of a Domain Name Server (DNS).
numpkts nn (Optional) The maximum number of pings that may be sent. The default
value is five.
size sn (Optional) The size of each ping packet, in bytes. The minimum size is 64
bytes; the maximum size is 4096 bytes. The default is 64 bytes.
Release Modification
3.2.1 This command was introduced.
3.3.1 The optional numpkts and size keywords are restricted to Administrator
mode only.
Command Description
show ip Display entries from the SN 5428-2 Storage Router routing table and
statistics about the protocols used in the storage router network.