Ping - Qlogic SANbox 5800V Series Interface Manual

14 – Command Reference
Command Listing

Ping

Initiates an attempt to communicate with another switch over an Ethernet network
and reports the result.
Authority
None
Syntax
ping
[host_name]
-ipv4 [host_address]
-ipv6 [host_address]
Keywords
[host_name]
DNS host name of the switch you want to query. [host_name] is a character string
of 2–125 characters made up of one or more subdomains delimited by periods (.).
The following naming rules apply:
Valid characters are alphanumeric characters, period (.), and hyphen (-).
Each subdomain must be a minimum of two alphanumeric characters.
Each subdomain must start and end with an alphanumeric character.
A host name can end with a period (.).
-ipv4 [host_address]
IP address (version 4) or DNS host name of the switch you want to query.
Broadcast IP addresses, such as 255.255.255.255, are not valid.
-ipv6 [host_address]
IP address (version 6) or DNS host name of the switch you want to query.
Examples
The following is an example of a successful Ping command:
SANbox #> ping 10.20.11.57
Ping command issued. Waiting for response...
SANbox #>
Response successfully received from 10.20.11.57.
This following is an example of an unsuccessful Ping command:
SANbox #> ping 10.20.11.57
Ping command issued. Waiting for response...
No response from 10.20.11.57. Unreachable.
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