User guide

2-14 E
XTREME
W
ARE
S
OFTWARE
U
SER
G
UIDE
A
CCESSING THE
S
WITCH
P
ING
The
ping
command enables you to send Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo
messages to a remote IP device. The
ping
command is available for both the user and
administrator privilege level.
The
ping
command syntax is
ping {continuous} {size <start_size> {- <end_size>}} [<ip_address> |
<hostname>] {from <src_address> | with record-route | from
<src_ipaddress> with record-route}
Options for the ping command are described in Table 2 -6.
If a
ping
request fails, the switch continues to send
ping
messages until interrupted.
Press any key to interrupt a
ping
request.
Table 2- 6: Ping Command Parameters
Parameter Description
continuous
Specifies ICMP echo messages to be sent continuously.
This option can be interrupted by pressing any key.
size
Specifies the size of the ICMP request. If both the
start_size and end_size are specified, transmits
ICMP requests using 1 byte increments, per packet. If
no end_size is specified, packets of start_size are
sent.
<ipaddress>
Specifies the IP address of the host.
<hostname>
Specifies the name of the host. To use the hostname,
you must first configure DNS.
from
Uses the specified source address in the ICMP packet.
If not specified, the address of the transmitting interface
is used.
with record-route
Decodes the list of recorded routes and displays them
when the ICMP echo reply is received.