Chapter 132 Monitoring General Network Traffic And Hosts - Dell PowerConnect J-EX4200-24T Software Manual

CHAPTER 132
Monitoring General Network Traffic and
Hosts
Monitoring Hosts Using the J-Web Ping Host Tool
Purpose
Action
Meaning
Table 461: J-Web Ping Host Field Summary
Field Function
Remote Host Identifies the host to ping.
Advanced Options
Monitoring Hosts Using the J-Web Ping Host Tool on page 3513
Monitoring Network Traffic Using Traceroute on page 3515
Use the J-Web ping host tool to verify that the host can be reached over the network.
The output is useful for diagnosing host and network connectivity problems. The switch
sends a series of ICMP echo (ping) requests to a specified host and receives ICMP echo
responses.
To use the J-Web ping host tool:
Select
Troubleshoot>Ping Host
1.
Next to Advanced options, click the expand icon.
2.
Enter information into the Ping Host page, as described in Table 461 on page 3513.
3.
The Remote Host field is the only required field.
Click .
Start
4.
The results of the ping operation are displayed in the main pane . If no options are
specified, each ping response is in the following format:
bytes bytes from ip-address: icmp_seq=number ttl=number time=time
To stop the ping operation before it is complete, click OK.
5.
Table 461 on page 3513 lists the fields.
.
Your Action
Type the hostname or IP address of the host to ping.
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