Users Guide

Switch Management Commands 2342
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: 1–256
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.