
13 – Command Reference Ping
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Ping
  | Initiates an attempt to communicate with another switch over an Ethernet network  | 
  | and reports the result.  | 
Authority | None  | 
Syntax | ping [ip_address] | 
Keywords | [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: | 
  | SANbox #> ping 10.20.11.57  | 
  | Ping command issued. Waiting for response...  | 
  | SANbox #>  | 
  | Response successfully received from 10.20.11.57.  | 
  | This following is an example of an unsuccessful Ping command:  | 
  | SANbox #> ping 10.20.11.57  | 
  | Ping command issued. Waiting for response...  | 
  | No response from 10.20.11.57. Unreachable.  | 
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