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Ping an IPv6 address

Availability: This command is available to cluster and Vserver administrators at the admin privilege level.

Description

The network ping6 command uses the ICMPv6 protocol's mandatory ICMP6_ECHO_REQUEST datagram to elicit an ICMP6_ECHO_REPLY from a host or gateway. ICMP6_ECHO_REQUEST datagrams ("pings") have an IPv6 header, and ICMPv6 header formatted as documented in RFC2463.

Parameters

{ -node <nodename> - Node Name

Use this parameter to originate ping6 from the specified node.

| -lif <lif-name> - Logical Interface }

Use this parameter to originate ping6 from the specified logical interface.

-vserver <vserver name> - Vserver Name

Use this parameter to originate ping6 from the specified Vserver. The default value is the system Vserver for cluster administrators.

-destination <Remote InetAddress> - Destination

Use this parameter to specify the IPv6 address of the destination node.

[-b, -buffer-size <integer>] - Socket Buffer Size

Use this parameter to set the socket buffer size.

[-c, -count <integer>] - Max Requests to Send/Recieve

Use this parameter to specify the maximum number of requests and replies. The default value is 20.

[-H, -reverse-lookup <true>] - Reverse-lookup of IPv6 addresses

Use this parameter to specify reverse-lookup of IPv6 addresses. Unless this parameter is specified, ping6 command does not attempt reverse lookup.

[-i, -interval <integer>] - Wait between Packets (secs)

Use this parameter to speci