Operation Manual – HWPingH3C S3100 Series Ethernet Switches Chapter 1 HWPing Configuration1-1Chapter 1 HWPing Configuration1.1 HWPing Overview1.1.1 Introduction to HWPingHWPing (pronounced Hua’Wei Ping) is a network diagnostic tool. It is used to test theperformance of various protocols running in networks. HWPing provides morefunctions 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 judgewhether the destination end is reachable.z Besides the above function of the ping command, HWPing can also provide otherfunctions, such as testing the status (open/close) of a DHCP/FTP/HTTP/SNMPserver and the response time of various services.You need to configure HWPing client and sometimes the corresponding HWPingservers as well to perform various HWPing tests.All HWPing tests are initiated by HWPing client and you can view the test results onHWPing client only.When performing a HWPing test, you need to configure a HWPing test group on theHWPing client. A HWPing test group is a set of HWPing test parameters. A test groupcontains several test parameters and is uniquely identified by an administrator nameand a test tag.After creating a HWPing test group and configuring the test parameters, you can thenperform a HWPing test by the test-enable command.z Being different from the ping command, HWPing does not display the RTT ortimeout status of each packet on the Console terminal in real time. To view thestatistic results of your HWPing test operation, you need to execute the displayhwping command.z HWPing also allows you to set parameters for HWPing test groups, start HWPingtests and view statistical test results through a network management device.Figure 1-1 HWPing illustration
