H3C Technologies H3C S3100 Series Switches - Manual (Page 869)

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HWPing Configuration
When configuring HWPing, go to these sections for information you are interested in:
z HWPing Overview
z HWPing Configuration
z HWPing Configuration Examples
HWPing Overview
Introduction to HWPing
HWPing (pronounced Hua’Wei Ping) is a network diagnostic tool. It is used to test the performance of
various protocols running in networks. HWPing provides more functions than the ping command.
z The ping command can only use the ICMP protocol to test the round trip time (RTT) between this
end and a specified destination end for the user to judge whether the destination end is reachable.
z Besides the above function of the ping command, HWPing can also provide other functions, such
as testing the status (open/close) of a DHCP/FTP/HTTP/SNMP server and the response time of
various services.
You need to configure HWPing client and sometimes the corresponding HWPing servers as well to
perform various HWPing tests.
All HWPing tests are initiated by an HWPing client and you can view the test results on the HWPing
client only.
When performing an HWPing test, you need to configure an HWPing test group on the HWPing client.
An HWPing test group is a set of HWPing test parameters. A test group contains several test
parameters and is uniquely identified by an administrator name and a test tag.
After creating an HWPing test group and configuring the test parameters, you can then perform an
HWPing test by the test-enable command.
z Being different from the ping command, HWPing does not display the RTT or timeout status of
each packet on the Console terminal in real time. To view the statistic results of your HWPing test
operation, you need to execute the display hwping command.
z HWPing also allows you to set parameters for HWPing test groups, start HWPing tests and view
statistical test results through a network management device.
Figure 1-1 HWPing illustration