Administrator Guide

Version
8.3.12.0
Introduced on the S4810.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
E-Series Original command
ping
Test connectivity between the system and another device by sending echo requests and waiting for
replies.
Z9000
Syntax
ping [host | ip-address | ipv6-address] [count {number |
continuous}] [datagram-size] [timeout] [source (ip src-ipv4-
address) | interface] [tos] [df-bit (y|n)] [validate-reply(y|
n)] [outgoing-interface] [pattern pattern] [sweep-min-size]
[sweep-max-size] [sweep-interval] [ointerface (ip src-ipv4-
address) | interface]
Parameters
host (OPTIONAL) Enter the host name of the devices to which
you are testing connectivity.
ip-address (OPTIONAL) Enter the IPv4 address of the device to which
you are testing connectivity. The address must be in the
dotted decimal format.
ipv6-address (OPTIONAL) Enter the IPv6 address, in the x:x:x:x::x format,
to which you are testing connectivity.
NOTE: The :: notation specifies successive hexadecimal
fields of zeros.
count Enter the number of echo packets to be sent. The default is
5.
• number: from 1 to 2147483647
• continuous: transmit echo request continuously
datagram size Enter the ICMP datagram size. The range is from 36 to 15360
bytes. The default is 100.
timeout Enter the interval to wait for an echo reply before timing out.
The range is from 0 to 3600 seconds. The default is 2
seconds.
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