
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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