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Using Technician Interface Software
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APPN Ping
When you issue the
ping
command for APPN to a remote APPN device, the
console displays the response from the remote device (if the ping reaches the
device) or the result of the request. APPN
ping
uses the APING (APPN Ping)
Transaction Program (TP) to send an APING request to the APINGD TP running
on the remote device.
Enter the following to ping a remote device running APPN:
ping -appn
<CP_name> [
-t
<timeout> ] [
-r
<repeat_count> ] [
-s
<size> ]
[-m <mode-name> ]
<CP_name> is the required APPN address, in the format of a Control Point name,
of the remote device. Use the format <network_ID>.<CP_name> if the remote
device is not on the same network as the system you are pinging from.
[
-t
<timeout> ] [
-r
<repeat_count> ] [
-s
<size> ] [-m <mode> ] are optional. These
parameters are as follows:
<timeout> is the number of seconds for each ping to time out. If the system
receives a response to a ping after it has timed out, the system does not send an
alive
message to the console. The default is 15.
<repeat_count> is the number of ping messages to send. The system does not wait
for the timeout before sending the next ping. The default is 1.
<size> is the number of bytes of data to send with each ping. The default is 100.
<mode-name> includes #INTER, #BATCH, #INTERSC, and #BATCHSC as
possible names. #INTER refers to the interactive mode (that is, where not much
data is involved and response time is very important). #BATCH refers to a mode
where a lot of data is involved, and response time is not important. #INTERSC
and #BATCHSC are secure versions of #INTER and #BATCH. If you do not
specify a mode, the mode defaults to a blank value.