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

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Ping command
Description Initiates an attempt to communicate with another switch over an Ethernet network and reports the
result.
Authority None
Syntax
ping [ip_address]
Operands
[ip_address]
The IP address of the switch you want to query. Broadcast IP addresses, such as
255.255.255.255, are not valid.
Examples The following is an example of a successful Ping command:
McDATA4GbSAN #> ping 10.20.11.57
Ping command issued. Waiting for response...
McDATA4GbSAN #>
Response successfully received from 10.20.11.57.
This following is an example of an unsuccessful Ping command:
McDATA4GbSAN #> ping 10.20.11.57
Ping command issued. Waiting for response...
No response from 10.20.11.57. Unreachable.
See also Fcping command, page 108