Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference Release 4.0(1a)N2(1) (OL-16599-01, March 2009)

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference
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Chapter 8 Fibre Channel Commands
fcping
fcping
To ping an N port, use the fcping command.
fcping {device-alias aliasname | fcid {fc-port | domain-controller-id} | pwwn pwwn-id} vsan
vsan-id [count number [timeout value [usr-priority priority]]]
Syntax Description
Command Default None
Command Modes EXEC mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines To obtain the domain controller ID, concatenate the domain ID with FFFC. For example, if the domain
ID is 0xda(218), the concatenated ID is 0xfffcda.
Examples The following example shows a fcping operation for the FCID of the destination. By default, five frames
are sent.
switch# fcping fcid 0xd70000 vsan 1
The following example shows the setting of the number of frames to be sent using the count option. The
range is from 0 through 2147483647. A value of 0 will ping forever.
switch# fcping fcid 0xd70000 vsan 1 count 10
device-alias aliasname Specifies the device alias name. Maximum length is 64 characters.
fcid The FCID of the destination N port.
fc-port The port FCID, with the format 0xhhhhhh.
domain-controller-id Verifies connection to the destination switch.
pwwn pwwn-id Specifies the port WWN of the destination N port, with the format
hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh.
vsan vsan-id Specifies the VSAN ID of the destination N port. The range is 1 to 4093.
count number (Optional) Specifies the number of frames to send. A value of 0 sends
forever. The range is 0 to 2147483647.
timeout value (Optional) Specifies the timeout value in seconds. The range is 1 to 10.
usr-priority priority (Optional) Specifies the priority the frame receives in the switch fabric. The
range is 0to1.
Release Modification
4.0(0)N1(1a) This command was introduced.