Qlogic SANbox 5600 Series Interface Manual

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14 – Command ReferencePing14-60 59183-03 ASPingInitiates an attempt to communicate with another switch over an Ethernet networkand reports the result.Authority NoneSyntax ping[host_name]-ipv4 [host_address]-ipv6 [host_address]Keywords [host_name]DNS host name of the switch you want to query. [host_name] is a character stringof 2–125 characters made up of one or more subdomains delimited by periods (.).The following naming rules apply: Valid characters are alphanumeric characters, period (.), and hyphen (-). Each subdomain must be a minimum of two alphanumeric characters. Each subdomain must start and end with an alphanumeric character. A host name can end with a period (.).-ipv4 [host_address]IP address (version 4) or DNS host name of the switch you want to query.Broadcast IP addresses, such as 255.255.255.255, are not valid.-ipv6 [host_address]IP address (version 6) or DNS host name of the switch you want to query.Examples The following is an example of a successful Ping command:SANbox #> ping 10.20.11.57Ping 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 10.20.11.57Ping command issued. Waiting for response...No response from 10.20.11.57. Unreachable.