Ping - Dell S6100 Configuration Manual

ping

Test connectivity between the system and another device by sending echo requests and waiting for replies.
Syntax ping [host | ip-address | ipv6-address] [count {number | continuous}]
[datagram-size] [timeout] [source (ip src-ipv4-address) | interface] [tos] [df-
bit (y|n)] [validate-reply(y|n)] [outgoing-interface] [pattern pattern] [sweep-
min-size] [sweep-max-size] [sweep-interval] [ointerface (ip src-ipv4-address) |
interface] [ethernet | vrf vrf-name]
Parameters
host
ip-address
ipv6-address
count
datagram size
timeout
source
tos
df-bit
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(OPTIONAL) Enter the host name of the devices to which you are testing connectivity.
(OPTIONAL) Enter the IPv4 address of the device to which you are testing connectivity.
The address must be in the dotted decimal format.
(OPTIONAL) Enter the IPv6 address, in the x:x:x:x::x format, to which you are testing
connectivity.
NOTE: The :: notation specifies successive hexadecimal fields of zeros.
Enter the number of echo packets to be sent. The default is 5.
• number: from 1 to 2147483647
• continuous: transmit echo request continuously
Enter the ICMP datagram size. The range is from 36 to 15360 bytes. The default is 100.
Enter the interval to wait for an echo reply before timing out. The range is from 0 to 3600
seconds. The default is 2 seconds.
Enter the IPv4 or IPv6 source ip address or the source interface. For IPv6 addresses, you
may enter global addresses only. Enter the IP address in A.B.C.D format.
• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword TenGigabitEthernet then
the stack/slot/port/subport information.
• For a 25-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword twentyFiveGigE then the
stack/slot/port/subport information.
• For a 40-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword fortyGigE then the stack/
slot/port[/subport] information.
• For a 50-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword fiftyGigE then the stack/
slot/port/subport information.
• For a 100-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword hundredGigE then the
stack/slot/port information.
• For a port channel interface, enter the keywords port-channel then a number.
• For a VLAN interface, enter the keyword vlan then a number from 1 to 4094.
• For a Tunnel interface, enter the keyword tunnel then a number from 1 to 16383.
(IPv4 only) Enter the type of service required. The range is from 0 to 255. The default is
0.
(IPv4 only) Enter Y or N for the "don't fragment" bit in IPv4 header.
• N: Do not set the "don't fragment" bit.
• Y: Do set "don't fragment" bit