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7.
In the Count field, enter the number of echo requests that must be sent.
The default value is 3. The range is from 1 to 15.
8.
In the Interval (secs) field, enter the time between ping packets in seconds.
The default value is 3 seconds. The range is from 1 to 60.
9.
In the Size field, enter the size of the ping packet. The default value is 0 bytes. The
range is from 0 to 13000.
10.
From the Source menu, as an option, you can select the IP address or interface that
must be used to send echo request packets:
•
None: The source address of the ping packet is the address of the default egress
interface.
• IP Address: The source IP address that must be used when echo request packets
are sent. With this selection, the IP Address field displays and you must enter the
IPv4 address that must be used as the source.
•
Interface: The interface that must be used when echo request packets are sent.
The Interface menu displays, but the only available selection from the menu is
Network.
11. Click the Apply button.
The specified address is pinged. The results are displayed below the configurable
data in the Results field.
Ping an IPv6 address
You can configure the switch to send a ping request to a specified IPv6 address. You
can use this option to check whether the switch can communicate with a particular IPv6
device. When you send a ping, the switch sends a specified number of ping requests
and the results are displayed.
If a reply to the ping is received, the following message displays:
PING x:y::z:w (x:y::z:w): size data bytes
size bytes from x:y::z:w: seq=0 ttl=xyz
--- x:y::z:w ping statistics ---
count packets transmitted, count packets received, x% packet loss
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