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Q
A – Command Line Interface Ping Command
Ping Command
Initiates an attempt to communicate with another switch in the fabric and reports the result.
Authority User
Syntax Ping
ip_address
Keywords ip_address
The IP address of the switch to query.
Examples The following is an example of a successful Ping command:
SANbox2 #> ping 10.20.11.57
Ping command issued. Waiting for response...
SANbox2 #>
Response successfully received from 10.20.11.57.
This following is an example of an unsuccessful Ping command:
SANbox2 #> ping 10.20.10.100
Ping command issued. Waiting for response...
No response from 10.20.10.100. Unreachable.