User`s guide

4 – Interactive Mode Commands
Diagnostic Menu
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Make changes in the submenus, as described in the following sections.
After making changes, refresh the HBA to show these changes by typing 6
(Refresh), then press ENTER. If you do not select this option, your changes will
not be visible in SANsurfer iSCSI HBA CLI.
4.8.1
Ping Target
(Command Line Option -ping)
Perform the following steps to ping a target:
1. From the HBA Diagnostic menu, type 1, then press ENTER.
2. The Enter an IP Address: prompt displays. Enter the target IP address, then
press ENTER.
3. The Enter the number of PING attempts to make: prompt displays. Enter a
number between 1 and2147483648 (2^31), then press ENTER.
The following text is an example of a successful ping attempt:
Ping to 10.14.64.153 successful <1 of 2>
Ping to 10.14.64.153 successful <2 of 2>
Press the Enter key to continue.
4.8.2
Perform Loopback Test
(Command Line Option -lb)
CAUTION! Before performing a loopback test, make sure that the HBA does not
have any outstanding I/O operations.
Perform the following steps to start a loopback test:
1. From the HBA Diagnostic menu, type 2, then press ENTER.
2. At the prompt, enter the number of loopback tests to perform. Valid values are
in the range 1–2147483648 (2^31). By default, one loopback test is run.
3. Enter the loopback test type:
■ 1 (internal)
■ 2 (external)
By default, an internal loopback test is performed.
4. If you want to stop the loopback test if an error occurs, type y for the Stop on
error[Y]? option.
After the test is performed, the number of failed tests and successful tests are
displayed.