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• For a port channel interface, enter the keywords port-channel then a
number. The range is from 1 to 128.
• For a VLAN interface, enter the keyword vlan then a number from 1 to 4094.
Defaults none
Command Modes
• EXEC
• EXEC Privilege
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version 9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
Version 9.0.0.0 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.19.0
Introduced on the S4820T.
Added support for the outgoing-interface option for link-local IPv6
addressing on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.12.0 Added support for the outgoing-interface option for link-local IPv6
addressing on the S4810.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 8.5.1.0 Added support for 4-port 40G line cards on the ExaScale.
Version 8.4.1.0 IPv6 pinging available on management interface.
Version 8.3.1.0 Introduced extended ping options.
Version 8.2.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale (IPv6).
Version 8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale (IPv4).
Version 7.9.1.0 Introduced VRF.
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
Version 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.
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