System Management Commands 1593
Example
console(config)#nsf
ping
Use the ping command in User EXEC mode to check the accessibility of the
desired node on the network.
Syntax
ping [ ip | ipv6 ]
ipaddress
|
hostname
[ repeat
count
] [ timeout
interval
] [
size
size
]
•

ipaddress

— IP address to ping (contact).
•
hostname
— Hostname to ping (contact). (Range: 1–158 characters). The
command allows spaces in the host name when specified in double quotes,
even though host names may only consist of letters, numbers and the
hyphen character.
•

count

— Number of packets to send (Range: 1–15 packets).
•
interval
— The time between Echo Requests, in seconds (Range: 1–60
seconds).
•
size
— Number of data bytes in a packet (Range: 0–65507 bytes).
Default Configuration
The default count is 4.
The default interval is 3 seconds.
The default size is 0 data bytes.
Command Mode
User EXEC mode
Privileged EXEC mode
User Guidelines
There are no user guidelines for this command.
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