Chapter 1 Hwping Configurations; Introduction To Hwping; Hwping Configuration; Introduction To Hwping Configuration - Huawei Quidway S3900 Series Operation Manual

Operation Manual - HWPing
Quidway S3900 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510

Chapter 1 HWPing Configurations

1.1 Introduction to HWPing

HWPing is a network diagnostic tool used to test the performance of protocols (only
ICMP by far) operating on network. It is an enhanced alternative to the ping command.
HWPing test group is a set of HWPing test parameters. A test group contains several
test parameters and is uniquely identified by an administrator name plus a test tag.
You can perform an HWPing test after creating a test group and configuring the test
parameters.
Being different from the ping command, HWPing does not display the round trip time
(RTT) and timeout status of each packet on the console terminal in real time. You need
to execute the display hwping command to view the statistic results of your HWPing
test operation. HWPing allows administrators to set the parameters of HWPing test
groups and start HWPing test operations.
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1.2 HWPing Configuration

1.2.1 Introduction to HWPing Configuration

The configuration tasks for HWPing include:
Enabling HWPing Client
Creating test group
Configuring test parameters
The test parameters that you can configure include:
1) Destination IP address
It is equivalent to the destination IP address in the ping command.
2) Test type
Currently, HWPing supports only one test type: ICMP.
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