Utility Commands
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ProSafe Managed Switch
command, configure the switch for network (in-band) connection. The source and target
devices must have 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 default VLAN
(VLAN 1), as long as there is a physical path between the switch and the workstation. The
terminal interface sends three pings to the target station. Use the ipv6-address|hostname
parameter to ping an interface by using the global IPv6 address of the interface. Use the
optional size keyword to specify the size of the ping packet. You can utilize the ping or
traceroute facilities over the service/network ports when using an IPv6 global address
ipv6-global-address|hostname. Any IPv6 global address or gateway assignments to
these interfaces will cause IPv6 routes to be installed within the IP stack such that the ping or
traceroute request is routed out the service/network port properly. When referencing an IPv6
link-local address, you must also specify the network port interface by using the network
parameter.
Defaults • The default count is 1.
• The default interval is 3 seconds.
• The default size is 0 bytes.
Format ping ipv6 {<ipv6-global-address|<hostname>} [size <datagram-size>]
Modes • Privileged EXEC
• User EXEC
ping ipv6 interface
Use this command to determine whether another computer is on the network. To use the
command, configure the switch for network (in-band) connection. The source and target
devices must have 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 default VLAN
(VLAN 1), as long as there is a physical path between the switch and the workstation. The
terminal interface sends three pings to the target station. Use the interface keyword to ping
an interface by using the link-local address or the global IPv6 address of the interface. You
can use a loopback, network port, or physical interface as the source. Use the optional size
keyword to specify the size of the ping packet. The ipv6-address is the link local IPv6
address of the device you want to query.
Format ping ipv6 interface {<unit/slot/port> | loopback <loopback-id>
|network} <link-local-address> [size <datagram-size>]
Modes • Privileged EXEC
• User EXEC