9.2.3.6
Ping
Use this screen to tell the switch to send a Ping request to a specified IP address. You can use this to
check whether the switch can communicate with a particular IP station. Once you click the Apply button,
the switch will send three pings and the results will be displayed below the configurable data. If a reply to
the ping is not received, you will see
No Reply Received from IP xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
, otherwise you will see
Reply received from IP xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx : (send count = 3, receive count = n).
Figure : Ping
Selection Criteria
Address Type - Select the address type for IPv4 address, host name, host name V6 or the IPv6
address.
Configurable Data
The following options are according to the address type you choose :
IPv4 Address:
IP Address - Enter the IPv4 address of the station you want the switch to ping. The initial value
is blank. The IPv4 address you enter is not retained across a power cycle.
Host Name:
Host Name - Enter the host name of the station you want the switch to ping.
Host Name V6:
Host Name V6 - Enter the host name of the IPv6 station you want the switch to ping.
IPv6 Address:
Ping - Select either global IPv6 address or Link Local Address to ping.
The following options are according to the ping type you choose:
Global:
IPv6 Address - Enter the IPv6 address of the station you want the switch to ping.
Datagram Size - Enter the datagram size. The valid range is 48 to 2048.
Link Local:
Management Type - Select in-band mgmt or out-of-band mgmt.
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