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ping

Test connectivity between the system and another device by sending echo requests and waiting for replies.

Syntax

ping host

Parameters

host Enter the host name or the destination IP address of the device to which you are testing

connectivity.

Command Modes

• EXEC

• EXEC Privilege

Supported Modes All Modes

Command History

Version Description

9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.

9.4(0.0) Supported on the FN I/O Aggregator.

Usage Information When you enter the ping command without specifying an IP address (Extended Ping), you are prompted for a

target IP address, a repeat count, a datagram size (up to 1500 bytes), a timeout (in seconds), and for Extended

Commands. For information on the ICMP message codes that return from a ping command, refer to Internet

Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Message Types

Example (IPv4)

Dell#ping 172.31.1.255

Type Ctrl-C to abort.

Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 172.31.1.255, timeout is 2 seconds:

Reply to request 1 from 172.31.1.208 0 ms

Reply to request 1 from 172.31.1.216 0 ms

Reply to request 1 from 172.31.1.205 16 ms

Reply to request 5 from 172.31.1.209 0 ms

Reply to request 5 from 172.31.1.66 0 ms

Reply to request 5 from 172.31.1.87 0 ms

Dell#

reload

Reboot the Dell Networking OS.