Command Line Reference Guide

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ip-address
(OPTIONAL) Enter the IPv4 address of the device to which you are testing connectivity.
The address must be in the dotted decimal format.
ipv6-address (OPTIONAL) E-Series only Enter the IPv6 address, in the x:x:x:x::x format, to which
you are testing connectivity.
Note: The :: notation specifies successive hexadecimal fields of zeros
count
Enter the number of echo packets to be sent.
number: 1- 2147483647
Continuous: transmit echo request continuously
Default: 5
datagram size
Enter the ICMP datagram size.
Range: 36 - 15360 bytes
Default: 100
timeout
Enter the interval to wait for an echo reply before timing out.
Range: 0 -3600 seconds
Default: 2 seconds
source Enter the IPv4 or IPv6 source ip address or the source interface. For IPv6 addresses,
you may enter global addresses only.
• Enter the IP address in A.B.C.D format
• For an 100/1000 Ethernet interface, enter the keyword GigabitEthernet followed
by the slot/port information.
• For a 1-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword GigabitEthernet followed by
the slot/port information.
• For a Port Channel interface, enter the keyword
port-channel followed by a
number:
C-Series and S-Series Range: 1-128
E-Series Range: 1 to 255 for TeraScale and 1 to 512 for ExaScale.
• E-Series only For the SONET interfaces, enter the keyword
sonet followed by slot/
port information.
• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword TenGigabitEthernet
followed by the slot/port information.
• For a VLAN interface, enter the keyword
vlan followed by a number from 1 to 4094.
tos
(IPv4 only) Enter the type of service required.
Range: 0-255
Default: 0
df-bit
(IPv4 only) Enter Y or N for the “don't fragment” bit in IPv4 header
N: Do not set the “don't fragment” bit
Y: Do set “don't fragment” bit
Default is No.
validate-reply
(IPv4 only) Enter Y or N for reply validation.
N: Do not validate reply data
Y: Do validate reply data
Default is No.
pattern pattern
(IPv4 only) Enter the IPv4 data pattern.
Range: 0-FFFF
Default:
0xABCD
sweep-min-size
Enter the minimum size of datagram in sweep range.
Range: 52-15359 bytes