Viewing ICMP Statistics and Errors
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Viewing ICMP Statistics and Errors

The icmps command is used to monitor ICMP activity.
To display information about ICMP statistics and errors, enter the following command:
icmps
A screen similar to the following displays:
ICMP Statistics
In Out
Total ICMP Messages 1 1
Redirect Messages 0 0
Echo Messages 1 0
Echo Reply Messages 0 1
Time Stamp Messages 0 0
Time Stamp Reply Messages 0 0
Address Mask Messages 0 0
Address Mask Reply Messages 0 0
ICMP Errors
In Out
Errors 0 0
Destination Unreachable Msgs 0 0
Time Exceeded Msgs 0 0
Parameter Problems 0 0
Source Quenches 0 0
The following field descriptions pertain to both the “in” and “out” statistics:
Total ICMP Messages
The total number of ICMP messages which this switch received or attempted to send out.
Redirect Messages
The number of ICMP Redirect messages sent/received by this switch.
Echo Messages
The number of ICMP Echo messages sent/received by this switch to see if a destination is
active and reachable.
Echo Reply Messages
The number of ICMP Echo Reply messages received by this switch.
Time Stamp Messages
The number of Time Stamp Request messages sent/received by this switch requesting/receiv-
ing a reply with timestamp.
Time Stamp Reply Messages
The number of Time Stamp Reply messages sent/received by this switch.