HP StorageWorks XPath OS 7.4.X Command Reference Guide (AA-RVHCC-TE, September 2005)

218 XPath OS CLI commands
Sends IP ping packets through an individual port.
Synopsis
rnping port destinationIpAddress [-l sendBufferSize]
[-n numOfEchoReqs] [-w timeout]
Availability
admin
Description
Use this command to send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts through a specific GbE port.
This command performs an IP ping (from a port configured to be in the IP mode) to a remote IP address.
NOTE: Use the rnPing command to ping remote IP addresses only, not local IP addresses.
Operands
This command has the following required operand:
This command has the following optional operands:
Examples
To send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network host 192.168.10.1 through GbE port 3:
See also
portCfgGige
portType
rnPing
port-param destinationIpAddress Specifies the IP address of the destination host and the
port through which the ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets
will be sent.
-l sendBufferSize Sets the send buffer size.
-n numOfEchoReqs Sets the number of echo requests.
-w timeout Sets the timeout, in seconds, to wait for each reply.
switch:admin> rnping 3 192.168.10.1