Administrator's Guide

Managing HyperFabric
Verifying Communications within the Fabric
Chapter 5 113
The command parameters are as follows:
• node_name specifies the node you want to verify. This value is
conditionally required—you must specify it when you are verifying
traffic to a remote node, unless you use the -r parameter (described
below).
• -c specifies that you want to use the adapter identified by
adapter_ID for the verification.
• -r specifies that VRID switch_hopcount is the routing information
for the adapter. To determine the VRID and switch_hopcount to
specify, first run the clic_stat -d VRID command (see “The
clic_stat Command” on page 117). Note that if you specify this
parameter (-r VRID switch_hopcount ), you must also specify the
-c adapter_ID parameter (described above).
• -l specifies that you want to do local loopback testing on a particular
adapter. Note that if you specify this parameter (-l), you must also
specify the -c adapter_ID parameter (described above).
• -s specifies that you want to loopback at the switch port attached to
a particular adapter. Note that if you specify this parameter (-s), you
must also specify the -c adapter_ID parameter (described above).
• -p specifies that you want to send packet_count number of 256-byte
packets. packet_count can be any positive integer. This parameter
is useful for building scripts for debugging or for hardware
verification. If you do not specify this parameter, one packet is sent
each second, until you stop the command with a CTRL-C.
• -? displays the online help for clic_probe.
If you do not specify any of the above parameters, the online help for
clic_probe is displayed.