Reference Guide

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.
source Enter the IPv4 or IPv6 source ip address or the source
interface. For IPv6 addresses, you may enter global
addresses only. Enter the IP address in A.B.C.D format.
• For a Port Channel interface, enter the keyword port-
channel then a number: The range is from 1 to 128.
• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
TenGigabitEthernet then the slot/port information.
• For a 40-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
fortyGigE then the slot/port information.
• For a Tunnel interface, enter the keyword tunnel then a
number from 1 to 16383.
• For a VLAN interface, enter the keyword vlan then a
number from 1 to 4094.
tos (IPv4 only) Enter the type of service required. The range is
from 0 to 255. The default is 0.
df-bit (IPv4 only) Enter Y or N for the “don't fragment” bit in IPv4
header.
• N: Do not set the “don't fragment” bit.
• Y: Do set “don't fragment” bit
Default is No.
validate-reply (IPv4 only) Enter Y or N for reply validation.
• N: Do not validate reply data.
• Y: Do validate reply data.
Default is No.
outgoing-
interface
(IPv6 link-local address) Enter the outgoing interface for ping
packets to a destination link-local address.
pattern pattern (IPv4 only) Enter the IPv4 data pattern. Range: 0-FFFF.
Default: 0xABCD.
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