Command Reference Guide

Administration Commands

aping

security constant NONE

pwd character 10 (null string)

user_id character 10 (null string)

dlen decimal 0

consec decimal 1

fqplu_name character 17 (null string)

echo constant NO

iterations decimal 0

partner_ver_len decimal 0

Supplied parameters are:

lu_name

LU name of the local LU. This name is a type-A character string. To indicate that the LU is identi

ﬁed by its

LU alias instead of its LU name, do not specify this parameter.

lu_alias

LU alias of the local LU. This parameter is used only if

lu_name is not speciﬁed. If lu_name and lu_alias

are not speciﬁed, the command is forwarded to the LU associated with the CP (the default LU).

plu_alias

Partner LU alias. This parameter should be the alias of an LU on a remote node; using aping with a partner

LU on the local node is not recommended.

To indicate that the LU is identiﬁed by its fully qualiﬁed name instead of its alias, do not specify this

parameter, but specify the LU name in the fqplu_name parameter.

mode_name

Name of the mode used by the LU pair. This name is a type-A character string starting with a letter.

tp_name

Name of the invoked TP. This parameter is generally set to “APINGD.”

security

Speciﬁes whether conversation security information is required to start the TP. Possible values are:

NONE

No security information is required.

SAME

Security information can be veriﬁed by the TP that invoked this TP on behalf of a third TP.

PGM

A password and user ID are required to start the TP. The password is sent unencrypted if password

substitution is not supported on the session. If password substitution is supported on the session, the

password is sent encrypted.

PGM_STRONG

A password and user ID are required to start the TP, but the password must not be sent in clear text.

If password substitution is not supported on the session, the aping fails. Otherwise, the password is

sent encrypted.

pwd

Password required to access the partner TP. This parameter is required only if the security parameter is set to

PGM or PGM_STRONG. This password is a type-AE character string.

user_id