Modifying The Configuration Of An Existing Ping Test - Motorola WS5100 Series Reference Manual

8-22 WS5100 Series Switch System Reference Guide

8.6.1 Modifying the Configuration of an Existing Ping Test

The properties of an existing ping tests can be modified to ping an existing (known) device whose network
address attributes may have changed and require modification to connect (ping) to it.
To modify the attributes of an existing ping test:
1. Select Diagnostics
2. Highlight an existing ping test within the Configuration tab and select the
3. Modify the following information (as needed) to edit the existing ping test:
Description
Destination IP
No. of Probes
Timeout(sec)
Frequency
4. Click OK to save and add the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.
5. Refer to the
messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and the switch.
6. Click Cancel
> Ping from the main menu.
If necessary, modify the description for the ping test. Ensure this description is
representative of the test, as this is the description displaying within the
Configuration tab.
If necessary, modify the IP address of the target device. This is the numeric (non
DNS address) destination for the device transmitted the ping packets.
If necessary, modify the number of packets transmitted to the target IP address to
discern the round trip time between the switch and its connected device.
If necessary, modify the timeout value (in seconds) used to timeout the ping test if
a round trip packet is not received by the switch from its target device. Ensure this
interval is long enough to account for network congestion between the switch and
its target device.
If necessary, modify the interval (in seconds) between ping packet transmissions.
Define a longer interval if high levels of network congestion are anticipated
between the switch and its target device. Use a value of 0 to execute a single ping
or stop a currently executing ping test.
Status field for the current state of the requests made from applet. This field displays error
to return back to the Configuration tab without implementing changes.
Edit button.