Ports - Cabletron Systems CSMIM2-16 Installation Manual

The optional npackets entry is the number of packets to transmit. If you
specify npackets, then you must also specify a data_size.
The command display looks something like this:
ping
monitor:: ping 132.245.33.69
PING 132.245.33.69: 64 data bytes
To exit out of
ping
point, type . The
q

3.2.14 ports

The ports command tests serial line ports, exercising both the data lines
and the control lines for each serial port specified. The syntax for this
command is:
ports [–d]
Each serial port to be tested must be looped-back with a loopback plug to
test both the data lines and the control lines (the accessory kit provides a
loopback plug). Connect this plug to the connector on the CSMIM2 that
corresponds to the port to be tested.
Do not run the ports command for a port to which a device is
NOTE
connected. The test will transmit data to the device and toggle
its control lines.
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either wait for npackets to be transmitted or, at any
statistics display upon exit.
ping
Commands
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