Reference Guide

• 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.
outgoing-
interface
Enter the outgoing interface for ping packets to a destination
link-local address.
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.
sweep-max-
size
Enter the maximum size of datagram in sweep range. Range:
53-15359 bytes.
sweep-interval Enter the incremental value for sweep size. Range: 1-15308
seconds.
outgoing-
interface-type
slot/port
(IPv4 only) Enter the outgoing interface for multicast packets.
Enter the IP address in A.B.C.D format.
• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
tengigabitethernet followed by slot/port numbers.
The port range is 0 to 63.
• For a 40-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
fortyGigE followed by slot/port numbers. The ports are
48, 52, 56, and 60.
• For a Port Channel interface, enter the keywords port-
channel followed by a number from 1 to 128.
• For a VLAN interface, enter the keyword vlan followed
by a VLAN id number from 1 to 4094.
Defaults none
Command
Modes
• EXEC
• EXEC Privilege
Command
History
Version 9.0(1.3) Introduced on the S5000.
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. For information on the ICMP message codes that return from a ping
command, refer to ICMP Message Types.
The following table provides descriptions for the ping command status response
symbols displayed in the output.
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