Administrator Guide

• For a 40-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
fortyGigE then the slot/port information.
• For a VLAN interface, enter the keyword vlan then a
number from 1 to 4094.
Defaults none
Command
Modes
• EXEC
• EXEC Privilege
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms,
refer to the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version 9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
Version 9.0.0.0 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version
8.3.19.0
Introduced on the S4820T.
Added support for the outgoing-interface option for
link-local IPv6 addressing on the S4820T.
Version
8.3.12.0
Added support for the outgoing-interface option for
link-local IPv6 addressing on the S4810.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 8.5.1.0 Added support for 4-port 40G line cards on the ExaScale.
Version 8.4.1.0 IPv6 pinging available on management interface.
Version 8.3.1.0 Introduced extended ping options.
Version 8.2.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale (IPv6).
Version 8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale (IPv4).
Version 7.9.1.0 Introduced VRF.
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
Version 7.4.1.0 Added support for IPv6 address on the E-Series.
Usage
Information
When you enter the ping command without specifying an IP/IPv6 address
(Extended Ping), you are prompted for a target IP/IPv6 address, a repeat count, a
datagram size (up to 1500 bytes), a timeout (in seconds), and for Extended
Commands. For information on the ICMP message codes that return from a ping
command, refer to ICMP Message Types.
The following table provides descriptions for the ping command status response
symbols displayed in the output.
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