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7.17.7.3 ping ipv6 interface
This command use to deter mine whether another computer is on the network. To use the command,
configure the switch for network (in-band ) connection. The source and targ et devices must hav e the ping
utility enabled and running on top of TCP/IP. The switch can be pinged from any IP workstation with which
the switch is connected through the defa ult VLAN (VL AN 1), a s lon g as there is a physical path betwe en
the switch and the workstation. The terminal interfa ce sends three pings to the target station. Use the
interface keyword to ping an interface by using the lin k-local ad dress. You can use a loopba ck, tunnel, or
logical interface as the source. Use the optional size keyword to specify the size of the ping packet.
Syntax
ping ipv6 interface {<slot/port> | serviceport | switchp ort | tunnel <tunnel-id >} | loopback <loopback-i d>}
{<link-local-addres s>} [size <datagram-size>]
<slot/port> - Specify the interface.
<tunnel-id > - Specify the Tunnel ID. Range 0 -7.
<loopback-id > - Specify loopback Interface ID. Range 0 -7.
<link-local-address> - Specify link-local address.
<ipv6-address> - Specify the IPv6 address of the device.
<datagram-size> - Datagram size. Range 48 - 2048.
Default Setting
None
Command Mode
Privileged Exec
7.17.8 traceroute
7.17.8.1 traceroute
Use the traceroute command to discover the routes that packets actually take when traveling to their
destination through the net work on a hop-by-hop basis. Traceroute continues to provide a syn chrono us
response when initiated from the CLI.
Syntax
traceroute <ipaddr|hostname> [initTtl <initTtl>] [maxTtl <maxTtl>]
[interval <interval>] [count <count>]
<ipaddr|hostname> - The IP address o r destination host you want to trace.
<initTtl> - The Use initTtl to specify the initial time-to-live (TTL), the maximum number of router hops
between the local and remote system. Range is 1 to 255.