IPv6 Diagnostic and Troubleshooting
Ping for IPv6 (Ping6)
Ping for IPv6 (Ping6)The Ping6 test is a
To use a ping6 command with an IPv6 host name or fully qualified domain names, refer to “DNS Resolver for IPv6” on page
You can issue single or multiple ping tests with varying repetitions and timeout periods to wait for a ping reply.
Replies to each ping test are displayed on the console screen. To stop a ping test before it finishes, press [Ctrl] [C].
For more information about using a ping test, refer to the “Troubleshooting” appendix in the current Management and Configuration Guide for your switch.
Syntax: ping6 <
[repetitions < 1 - 10000 >] [timeout < 1 - 60 >] [source
ping6
Pings the specified IPv6 host by sending ICMP version 6 (ICMPv6) echo request packets to the specified host.
<
<hostname >: Host name of an IPv6 host device configured on an IPv6 DNS server.
<
[repetitions]: Number of times that IPv6 ping packets are sent
to the destination IPv6 host. Valid values: 1 - 10000. Default: 1.