TestConnectMvip

You can use the TestConnectMvip method to test the management connection to the storage cluster. The test pings the MVIP and executes a simple API method to verify connectivity.

Parameter

This method has the following input parameter:

Name	Description	Type	Default value	Required
mvip	You can pass this value to test the management connection of a different MVIP. You do not need to use this value when testing the connection to the target cluster.	string	None	No

Return value

This method has the following return value:

Name	Description	Type
details	Information about the test operation (JSON object): connected: Indicates if the test could connect to the MVIP (boolean) mvip: The MVIP tested against (string) pingBytes: Details of the ping tests with 56 bytes and 1500 bytes (object) 56: Results of the 56 Byte ping test (JSON object): individualResponseTimes: List of response times from each ensemble node (string array) individualStatus: List of ping status from each ensemble node (boolean array) responseTime: Average ping response time (string) successful: Indicates if the ping test was successful (boolean) 1500: Results of the 1500 byte ping test (JSON object): individualResponseTimes: List of response times from each ensemble node (string array) individualStatus: List of ping status from each ensemble node (boolean array) responseTime: Average ping response time (string) successful: Whether the ping test was successful (boolean) duration: Length of time required to run the test (string) result: Result of the test as a whole (string)	JSON object

Name

Description

Type

details

Information about the test operation (JSON object):

connected: Indicates if the test could connect to the MVIP (boolean)
mvip: The MVIP tested against (string)
pingBytes: Details of the ping tests with 56 bytes and 1500 bytes (object)
- 56: Results of the 56 Byte ping test (JSON object):
  - individualResponseTimes: List of response times from each ensemble node (string array)
  - individualStatus: List of ping status from each ensemble node (boolean array)
  - responseTime: Average ping response time (string)
  - successful: Indicates if the ping test was successful (boolean)
- 1500: Results of the 1500 byte ping test (JSON object):
  - individualResponseTimes: List of response times from each ensemble node (string array)
  - individualStatus: List of ping status from each ensemble node (boolean array)
  - responseTime: Average ping response time (string)
  - successful: Whether the ping test was successful (boolean)
- duration: Length of time required to run the test (string)
- result: Result of the test as a whole (string)

JSON object

Request example

Requests for this method are similar to the following example:

{
   "method": "TestConnectMvip",
   "params": {
       "mvip" : "172.27.62.50"
       }, 
    "id":1
}

Response example

This method returns a response similar to the following example:

{
  "id": 1, 
  "result": {
    "details": {
      "connected": true, 
      "mvip": "172.27.62.50", 
      "pingBytes": {
        "1500": {
          "individualResponseTimes": [
            "00:00:00.000250", 
            "00:00:00.000206", 
            "00:00:00.000200", 
            "00:00:00.000199", 
            "00:00:00.000199"
         ], 
          "individualStatus": [
             true, 
             true, 
             true, 
             true, 
             true
         ], 
         "responseTime": "00:00:00.000211", 
         "successful": true
       }, 
       "56": {
          "individualResponseTimes": [
            "00:00:00.000217", 
            "00:00:00.000122", 
            "00:00:00.000117", 
            "00:00:00.000119", 
            "00:00:00.000121"
         ], 
         "individualStatus": [
            true, 
            true, 
            true, 
            true, 
            true
         ], 
         "responseTime": "00:00:00.000139", 
         "successful": true
        }
      }
    }, 
    "duration": "00:00:00.271244", 
    "result": "Passed"
  }
}