QLogic 8 Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Module for IBM BladeCenter ...

12 – Command ReferencePingSPingAuthoritySyntaxKeywordsInitiates an attempt to communicate with another switch over an Ethernet networkand reports the result.Noneping [ip_address][host_name][host_address][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 (.).[host_address]IP address or DNS host name of the switch you want to query. Broadcast IPaddresses, such as 255.255.255.255, are not valid.ExamplesThe following is an example of a successful Ping command:QLogic8GbT #> ping 10.20.11.57Ping command issued. Waiting for response...QLogic8GbT #>Response successfully received from 10.20.11.57.This following is an example of an unsuccessful Ping command:QLogic8GbT #> ping 10.20.11.57Ping command issued. Waiting for response...No response from 10.20.11.57. Unreachable.12-48 59245-01 A