Administrator Guide

Switch Management Commands 2200
Syntax
ping [vrf vrf-name ] {[ ip ] ip-address | hostname | { ipv6 { interface
interface-id | vlan vlan-id | loopback loopback-id | out-of-band | tunnel
tunnel-id } link-local-address | ipv6-address | hostname } [count count ] [
interval
interval ] [ size size ] [source { ip-address | ipv6-address | interface-id
| vlan vlan-id | out-of-band}]
• ip-address —The IPv4 address to ping.
•
ipv6-address —The IPv6 address to ping.
•
link-local-address — The link local IPv6 address to ping.
•
hostname —The domain name of the host to ping. (Range: 1–158
characters). When used with the IPv6 keyword, the hostname will be
resolved to an IPv6 address, otherwise, it will be resolved to an IPv4
address.
•
vrf-name —(Optional) The name of the VRF instance from which to ping.
Only hosts reachable from within the VRF instance can be pinged. If a
source parameter is specified in conjunction with a VRF parameter, it
must be a member of the VRF. The
ipv6 parameter cannot be used with
the
vrf parameter.
•
interface-id —The interface over which a link local IPv6 address may be
reached. Only available when used with the IPv6 keyword.
•
repeat —The number of ping packets to send. (Range: 1–100 packets).
•
interval —The time between Echo Requests, in seconds (Range: 1–60
seconds).
•
size —Number of data bytes in a packet (Range: 0–13000 bytes).
•
source ip-address —The ping packets are transmitted using the specified
source IP address.
•
source loopback loopback-id —The ping packets are transmitted with the
source address of the loopback interface.
•
source vlan vlan-id —The ping packets are transmitted over the VLAN
with the source address of the VLAN..
•
source tunnel tunnel-id —The ping packets are transmitted with the
source address of the tunnel.
•
out-of-band —The ping packets are transmitted over the out-of-band
interface.
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