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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
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-node <nodename>
- Node Name -
Use this parameter to originate ping6 from the specified node.
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-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