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6 Testing network connectivity

Testing network connectivity

After you cable the fiber-optic transceivers, you can test connectivity to other network devices by pinging those devices. You also can perform traceroutes.

Pinging an IP address

To verify that the router can reach another device through the network, enter a command such as the following at any level of the CLI.

Brocade> ping 192.33.4.7

Syntax: ping <ip addr> <hostname> [source <ip addr>] [count <num>] [timeout <msec>] [ttl <num>] [size <byte>] [quiet] [numeric] [no-fragment] [verify] [data <1-to-4 byte hex>] [brief]

Beginning with version 03.6.00 of the Multi-Service IronWare software, the maximum allowable size is 9170 bytes.

NOTE

If you send the ping to the IP broadcast address, the device lists the first four responses to the ping.

Tracing a route

To determine the path through which the router can reach another network device, enter a command such as the following at any level of the CLI.

Brocade> traceroute 192.33.4.7

Syntax: traceroute <host-ip-addr>[maxttl <value>] [minttl <value>] [numeric] [timeout <value>] [source-ip <ip addr>]

The CLI displays traceroute information for each hop on the route as soon as the information is received. Traceroute requests display all responses to a given TTL. If there are multiple equal-cost routes to the destination, the router displays up to three responses by default.

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