McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem Command Line Interface Guide (AA-RWEJA-TE, November 2006)

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Fcping command

Description Verifies an FC connection with another switch or a device and reports status.

Authority None

Syntax

fcping destination [address]

count [number]

timeout [seconds]

Operands

[address]

The address of the port or device with which to verify the Fibre Channel connection. [address]

can have one of the following formats:

• 6-character hexadecimal device FC address (hex). Enter addresses with or without the “0x”

prefix.

• 16-character hexadecimal WWPN with the format xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx or

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

count [number]

Number of times given by [number] to repeat the command. If you omit this operand, the

command is repeated one time.

timeout [seconds]

Number of seconds given by [seconds] to wait for a response. If you omit this operand, the

switch waits 1 second for a response.

Examples The following is an example of the Fcping command:

McDATA4GbSAN #> fcping 970400 count 3

28 bytes from local switch to 0x970400 time = 10 usec

28 bytes from local switch to 0x970400 time = 11 usec

28 bytes from local switch to 0x970400 time = 119 usec