Chapter 8      Command Reference

Privilege Level 0 Commands

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Usage Guidelines

Use the help command to display online help for the command line interface. A 

list of the CLI commands and their syntax is displayed.

Example

The following command displays online help for the command line interface:

# help

ping

To send ICMP echo_request packets for diagnosing basic network connectivity, 

use the ping command:

ping ? | [ c count] [ i wait] [ s packetsize] [ n] {hostname | ip address}

Syntax Description

c

Sets the number of echo packets to send.

count

Number of echo packets to send.

i

Sets the amount of time to wait between sending each packet.

wait

Amount of time to wait between sending each packet, in 

seconds. The default is 1.

s

Sets the size of each echo packet.

packetsize

The size of each echo packet, in bytes. The default is 56.

hostname

Host name of system to ping.

ip address 

IP address of system to ping.

n

disables reverse DNS lookup.

Usage Guidelines

To use this command with the hostname argument, DNS must be configured on 

the system. To force the time out of a nonresponsive host or to eliminate a loop 

cycle, press Ctrl c.

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