Ping command

Description Initiates an attempt to communicate with another switch over an Ethernet network and reports the result.

Authority None

Syntax ping [ip_address]

Operands [ip_address]

The IP address of the switch to query. Broadcast IP addresses, such as 255.255.255.255, are not valid.

Examples The following is an example of a successful Ping command:

McDATA4GbSAN #> ping 10.20.11.57

Ping command issued. Waiting for response...

McDATA4GbSAN #>

Response successfully received from 10.20.11.57.

This following is an example of an unsuccessful Ping command:

McDATA4GbSAN #> ping 10.20.10.100

Ping command issued. Waiting for response...

No response from 10.20.10.100. Unreachable.