Utility Commands
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ProSafe Managed Switch

Using the options described below, you can specify the number and size of Echo Requests

and the interval between Echo Requests.

count
interval
size

The following are examples of the CLI command.

ping success:

(Switch) #ping 10.254.2.160 count 3 interval 1 size 255
Pinging 10.254.2.160 with 255 bytes of data:
Received response for icmp_seq = 0. time= 275268 usec
Received response for icmp_seq = 1. time= 274009 usec
Received response for icmp_seq = 2. time= 279459 usec
----10.254.2.160 PING statistics----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip (msec) min/avg/max = 274/279/276

ping failure:

In Case of Unreachable Destination:
(Switch) # ping 192.168.254.222 count 3 interval 1 size 255
Pinging 192.168.254.222 with 255 bytes of data:
Received Response: Unreachable Destination
Received Response :Unreachable Destination
Received Response :Unreachable Destination
----192.168.254.222 PING statistics----
3 packets transmitted,3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip (msec) min/avg/max = 0/0/0
In Case Of Request TimedOut:
(Switch) # ping 1.1.1.1 count 1 interval 3
Pinging 1.1.1.1 with 0 bytes of data:
----1.1.1.1 PING statistics----
1 packets transmitted,0 packets received, 100% packet loss
round-trip (msec) min/avg/max = 0/0/0
ping ipv6

Use this command to determine whether another computer is on the network. Ping provides

a synchronous response when initiated from the CLI and Web interfaces. To use the

Parameter Description
Use the count parameter to specify the number of ping packets (ICMP Echo requests)
that are sent to the destination address specified by the <ip-address> field. The
range for <count> is 1 to 15 requests.
Use the interval parameter to specify the time between Echo Requests, in seconds.
Range is 1 to 60 seconds.
Use the size parameter to specify the size, in bytes, of the payload of the Echo
Requests sent. Range is 0 to 65507 bytes.