Checking Basic Connectivity; Ping - Extreme Networks ExtremeWare XOS Guide Manual

Accessing the Switch
In addition, the
available only on the Default VR on the BlackDiamond 10K switch.)
You can specify up to eight DNS servers for use by the DNS client using the following command:
configure dns-client add
You can specify a default domain for use when a host name is used without a domain. Use the
following command:
configure dns-client default-domain
For example, if you specify the domain xyz-inc.com as the default domain, then a command such as
ping accounting1

Checking Basic Connectivity

NOTE
The BlackDiamond 8800 family of switches and the Summit X450 switch do not support user-created virtual
routers. You must use the vr option for these commands when running them on VR-Mgmt.
The switch offers the following commands for checking basic connectivity:
●

ping

●
traceroute
Ping
The command enables you to send Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo messages to a
ping
remote IP device. The
Beginning with ExtremeWare XOS version 11.2, you can ping an IPv6 address.
The command syntax is:
ping
ping {count <count> {start-size <start-size>} | continuous {start-size <start-size>} |
{start-size <start-size> {end-size <end-size>}}} {udp} {dont-fragment} {ttl <ttl>}
{tos <tos>} {interval <interval>} {vr <vrid>} {ipv4 <host> | ipv6 <host>} {from} {with
record-route}
Options for the ping command are described in
Table 9: Ping command parameters
Parameter
count
start-size
continuous
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utility can be used to return the IP address of a hostname. (This command is
nslookup
will be taken as if it had been entered
command is available for both the user and administrator privilege level.
ping
Description
Specifies the number of ping requests to send.
Specifies the size, in bytes, of the packet to be sent, or the starting size if
incremental packets are to be sent.
Specifies that UDP or ICMP echo messages to be sent continuously. This option can
be interrupted by pressing [Ctrl] + C.
ping accounting1.xyz-inc.com
Table 9.
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