System Management; Ping - Dell PowerConnect 5424 Command Line Interface Manual

System Management

ping

The ping User EXEC mode command sends ICMP echo request packets to another node on the
network.
Syntax
• ping ip-address | hostname [size packet_size] [count packet_count] [timeout time_out]
• ping ipv6 {ipv6-address | hostname} [size packet_size] [count packet_count] [timeout time_out]
• ipv6 — IPv6 checks the network connectivity.
• ip4-address — Destination host IPv4 address.
• ipv6-address — Unicast or multicast IPv6 address to ping. When the IPv6 address is a Link
Local address (IPv6Z address), the outgoing interface name must be specified. Refer to the
usage guidelines for the interface name syntax.
• hostname — hostname to ping. (Range: 1 - 158 characters)
• packet_size — Number of bytes in a packet. The actual packet size is eight bytes larger than
the size specified because the switch adds header information. (Range: 56 - 1472 bytes)
• packet_count — Number of packets to send. If 0 is entered it pings until stopped.
(Range: 0 - 65535 packets)
• time_out — Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply. (Range: 50 - 65535 milliseconds).
Default Configuration
timeout time_out — The default is 2000 milliseconds.
Command Mode
User EXEC mode.
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