Reference Guide

Cisco Prime Network Analysis Module Command Reference Guide Page 118
ping
To check connectivity to a IPv4 network device, use the ping command.
ping [-n | -v] [-c count] [-i wait] [-p pattern] [-s packetsize] hostname | IP address
Syntax Description
-n
(Optional) Displays the network addresses as numbers.
-v
(Optional) Specifies verbose output.
-c count
(Optional) Stops the ping after sending the count of
ECHO_REQUEST packets.
-i wait
(Optional) Specifies the time interval in seconds between
sending each packet.
-p pattern
(Optional) Specifies the pad bytes to fill out packets sent in
the ping. You may specify up to 16 pad bytes to fill out
packets being sent.
-s packetsize
(Optional) Sets the 8 bytes of ICMP header data.
hostname
Sets the hostname of the network device to ping.
IP address
Specifies the IP address of the network device to ping.
Syntax Description
Defaults
This command has no default settings.
Command Modes
Command mode
Examples
This example shows how to check the connectivity of a network device with ping:
root@localhost# ping -n -v ralph 100.20.19.23
root@localhost#