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Cisco SFS 7000 Series Product Family Command Reference Guide
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Chapter2 Administrative Commands
ping
ping
To verify that your Server Switch can reach a given host, enter the
ping
command from User Exec mode
or Privileged Exec mode.
ping
host
Syntax Description
Defaults This command has no default settings.
Command Modes User Execute mode, Privileged Execute mode.
Usage Guidelines Platform Availability:
Cisco SFS 3001, Cisco SFS 7000, Cisco SFS 7008, Cisco SFS 3012, Cisco 4x InfiniBand Switch Module
for IBM BladeCenter
Privilege Level:
General read-only user.
Use the
ping
command to verify connectivity between your Ser ver Switch and a host or port. The reply
packet tells you if the host received the ping and the amount of time it took to return the packet.
Note You must configure a DNS server on your network to use hostnames as an argument in the
ping
command.
Examples The following example verifies that the Server Switch can conta ct the device with an IP addres s of
10.3.102.24:
SFS-7000P# ping 10.3.102.24
Sending 5 ICMP Echoes to 10.3.102.24, 56 data bytes
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5)
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.000000/0.000000/0.000000 ms
SFS-7000P#
Related Commands hostname
ip
host IP address or hostname of the host, port, or expansion module that you want
to reach.