Summary of Operational Request Tag Elements > <ping>

Usage

<rpc>
    <ping>
        <count>packets</count>
        <wait>seconds</wait>
        <no-resolve/>
        <rapid/>
        <record-route/>
        <detail/>
        <do-not-fragment/>
        <loose-source>...</loose-source>
        <interface>interface</interface>
        <interval>seconds</interval>
        <source>source</source>
        <pattern>pattern</pattern>
        <size>bytes</size>
        <strict/>
        <strict-source>...</strict-source>
        <ttl>hops</ttl>
        <verbose/>
        <tos>tos</tos>
        <bypass-routing/>
        <inet/>
        <inet6/>
        <routing-instance>routing-instance</routing-instance>
        <host>host</host> <!-- mandatory -->
        <logical-system>logical-system</logical-system>
    </ping>
</rpc>

Description

Ping remote target.

Contents

<bypass-routing>—Bypass routing table, use specified interface.

<count>—Number of ping requests to send.

<detail>—Display incoming interface of received packet.

<do-not-fragment>—Don't fragment echo request packets (IPv4).

<host>—Hostname or IP address of remote host.

<inet>—Force ping to IPv4 destination.

<inet6>—Force ping to IPv6 destination.

<interface>—Source interface (multicast, all-ones, unrouted packets).

<interval>—Delay between ping requests.

<logical-system>—Name of logical system.

<loose-source>—Intermediate loose source route entry (IPv4).

<no-resolve>—Don't attempt to print addresses symbolically.

<pattern>—Hexadecimal fill pattern.

<rapid>—Send requests rapidly (default count of 5).

<record-route>—Record and report packet's path (IPv4).

<routing-instance>—Routing instance for ping attempt.

<size>—Size of request packets.

<source>—Source address of echo request.

<strict>—Use strict source route option (IPv4).

<strict-source>—Intermediate strict source route entry (IPv4).

<tos>—IP type-of-service value.

<ttl>—IP time-to-live value (IPv6 hop-limit value).

<verbose>—Display detailed output.

<wait>—Delay after sending last packet.