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vrf (OPTIONAL) E-Series Only: Enter the VRF Instance name of the device
to which you are testing connectivity.
host (OPTIONAL) Enter the host name of the devices to which you are testing
connectivity.
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 The IPv4 or IPv6 source address or source interface. For IPv6 addresses,
this may be an address in the Global or link-local address zones.
tos (IPv4 only) Type of service required.
df-bit (IPv4 only) Enter “Y” or “N” for the “don’t fragment bit” in IPv4 header
outgoing-interface
(IPv6 link-local address) Enter outgoing interface for ping packets to a
destination link-local address.
validate-reply (IPv4 only) Enter “Y” or “N” for reply validation.
pattern pattern (IPv4 only) Enter the IPv4 data pattern.
Range: 0 - FFFF
Default: 0xABCD
sweep-min-size The minimum size of datagram in sweep range.
Range: 52 - 15359 bytes
swim-max-size The maximum size of datagram in sweep range.
Range: 52 - 15359 bytes
sweep-interval Incremental value for sweep size.
Range: 1 - 15308 seconds.
ointerface (IPv4 only) The outgoing interface for multicast packets.
Version 8.3.12.0 Added support for outgoing-interface option for link-local IPv6 addressing on
the S4810.
Version 8.5.1.0 Added support for 4-port 40G line cards on ExaScale.