Setup Guide

Version Description
8.3.1.0 Introduced extended ping options.
8.2.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series (IPv6).
8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series (IPv4).
7.9.1.0 Introduced VRF.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
7.4.1.0 Added support for IPv6 address on the E-Series.
Usage
Information
When you enter the ping command without specifying an IP/IPv6 address (Extended Ping), you are
prompted for a target IP/IPv6 address, a repeat count, a datagram size (up to 1500 bytes), a timeout (in
seconds), and for Extended Commands.
The following table provides descriptions for the ping command status response symbols displayed in the
output.
Symbol Description
! Each exclamation point indicates receipt of a reply.
. Each period indicates the network server timed out while waiting for a reply.
U A destination unreachable error PDU was received.
Q Source quench (destination too busy).
M Could not fragment.
? Unknown packet type.
& Packet lifetime exceeded.
Example (IPv4)
DellEMC# ping 172.31.1.255
Type Ctrl-C to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 172.31.1.255, timeout is 2 seconds:
Reply to request 1 from 172.31.1.208 0 ms
Reply to request 1 from 172.31.1.216 0 ms
Reply to request 1 from 172.31.1.205 16 ms
::
Reply to request 5 from 172.31.1.209 0 ms
Reply to request 5 from 172.31.1.66 0 ms
Reply to request 5 from 172.31.1.87 0 ms
DellEMC#
Example (IPv6)
DellEMC# ping 100::1
Type Ctrl-C to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 100::1, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100.0 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 0/0/0 (ms)
DellEMC#
reload
Reboot the system.
Syntax
reload [conditional nvram-cfg-change | no-confirm [discard-running] | dell-
diag | onie [install | uninstall | rescue]]
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