CLI Guide

Usage
Information
When you enter the ping command without specifying an IP/IPv6 address (Extended Ping), you are
prompted for a target IP/IPv6 address, a repeat count, a datagram size (up to 1500 bytes), a timeout (in
seconds), and for Extended Commands.
The following table provides descriptions for the ping command status response symbols displayed in the
output.
Symbol Description
! Each exclamation point indicates receipt of a reply.
. Each period indicates the network server timed out while waiting for a reply.
U A destination unreachable error PDU was received.
Q Source quench (destination too busy).
M Could not fragment.
? Unknown packet type.
& Packet lifetime exceeded.
Example (IPv4)
DellEMC# 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
DellEMC#
Example (IPv6)
DellEMC# ping 100::1
Type Ctrl-C to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 100::1, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100.0 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 0/0/0 (ms)
DellEMC#
reload
Reboot the system.
Syntax
reload [conditional nvram-cfg-change | no-confirm [discard-running] | dell-
diag | onie [install | uninstall | rescue]]
Parameters
conditional
nvram-cfg-
change
(OPTIONAL) Reload into the Dell EMC Networking Operating System (OS) if the
condition is true. A configuration change to the NVRAM requires a switch reload.
To reload the switch, select nvram-cfg-change.
no-confirm
[discard-running]
Reload the chassis without prompting for further confirmation.
dell-diag (OPTIONAL) Reload the system into the Dell diagnostics mode.
onie (OPTIONAL) Reload the system into the ONIE mode. You can also use one of the
following options to reload the system and enter the respective modes directly:
● install — enter the Install mode and install the networking OS
● uninstall — enter the Uninstall mode and uninstall the networking OS
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