HP VPN Firewall Appliances High Availability Command Reference

[Sysname-nqa-admin-test-icmp-echo] route-option bypass-route

source interface

Use source interface to configure the source interface for ICMP echo request packets. The ICMP echo

request packets take the primary IP address of the source interface as their source IP address when no

source IP address is specified. The specified source interface must be up. Otherwise, no ICMP echo

requests can be sent out.

Use undo source interface to restore the default.

Syntax

source interface interface-type interface-number

undo source interface

Default

No source interface is configured for ICMP echo request packets.

Views

ICMP echo operation view

Default command level

2: System level

Parameters

interface-type interface-number: Specifies an interface by its type and number.

Usage guidelines

If you configure both the source interface command and the source ip command, the source ip command

takes effect.

Examples

# Specify the primary IP address of interface GigabitEthernet 0/1 as the source IP address of ICMP echo

request packets.

<Sysname> system-view

[Sysname] nqa entry admin test

[Sysname-nqa-admin-test] type icmp-echo

[Sysname-nqa-admin-test-icmp-echo] source interface gigabitethernet 0/1

Related commands

source ip

Use source ip to configure the source IP address of probe packets. The specified source IP address must

be the IP address of a local interface. The local interface must be up. Otherwise, no probe packets can

be sent out.

Use undo source ip to remove the configured source address. The primary IP address of the interface that

sends a probe packet serves as the source IP address of the probe packet.