Ping command, A-42 – Sun Microsystems 5602 User Manual

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A – Command Line Interface
Ping Command

A-42

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Ping Command

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 Manager #> ping 10.20.11.57

Ping command issued. Waiting for response...

SANbox Manager #>

Response successfully received from 10.20.11.57.

This following is an example of an unsuccessful Ping command:

SANbox Manager #> ping 10.20.10.100

Ping command issued. Waiting for response...

No response from 10.20.10.100. Unreachable.

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