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Pinging a device

Use the following procedure to ping a device in BMC AMI Ops Monitor for IP.

 

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You can ping a device by using one of the following methods:

To use the Ping line command

  1. From the EZIP menu select Ping Information from the Diagnostics section, and press Enter.
  2. Type P in the COMMAND field.

  3. In the Ping IPAddr field, type an IP address or a domain name that you want to ping, and press Enter.

    Warning

    Important

    You can also specify the following parameters:

    • The size of the ping by typing the ping size in bytes (up to 65 kilobytes) in the Ping Size field
    • The number of ping echo repetitions (up to 32 echo messages) in the Ping Count field
    • The TCP IP stack name in the TCPIP Stack field

To select an IP address in the Ping IPAddr field

  1. From the EZIP menu select Ping Information from the Diagnostics section, and press Enter.
    The PINGT view is displayed:

PINGT view

 ddmmmyyyy  ------------------------------------------------- BMC AMI Ops WINDOW INTERFACE (V7.0.00) -----------------------------------------------------------
 CURR WIN ===> 1        ALT WIN ===>                                                                                                                            
  W1 =PINGT=============TCPIP====*========ddmmmyyyy==hh:mm:ss====MVIP=====D====4================================================================================
 CMD Ping             Ping  Ping  TCPIP    Timeout Interface        Source           Host                                                                       
 --- IP Address       Count Size  Stack    (secs)  Name             IPAddres         Name                                                                       
     $Default             3   256               10                                                                                                              
     172.24.48.133        3   256               10                                   SYSM                                                                       
     172.24.49.101        3   256               10                                   SYSP                                                                       
     172.28.21.73         3   256               10                                   am-mbauman-w1.bmc.com                                                                                                                                                                                
Warning

Important

If the IP address you want to ping is not shown in the list, enter the address in the Ping IPAddr field.


 2. From the Ping IPAddr field, select the IP address of the device that you want to ping, and press Enter.

The PINGD view is displayed:

PINGD view

 ddmmmyyyy  ------------------------------------------------- BMC AMI Ops WINDOW INTERFACE (V7.0.00) --------
 CURR WIN ===> 1        ALT WIN ===>                                                                         
 >W1 =PINGD=============TCPIP====*========ddmmmyyyy==hh:mm:ss====MVIP=====D====1=============================
                                                                                                            
   Ping Information....                                                                                      
                                                                                                            
  Domain Name.......... am-mbauman-w1.bmc.com                                                                
  Ping IP Address...... 172.28.21.73                                                                         
  Ping Count...........          3                                                                           
  Ping Bufsize.........        256                                                                           
  Stack Name...........                                                                                      
  Timeout..............         10                                                                           
  Interface Name.......                                                                                      
  Source IP Address....                                                                                      
                                                                                                            
   Ping Response Times.                                                                                      
                                                                                                            
  Status............... Successful                                                                           
  Minimum Resp (ms)....      65.28                                                                           
  Maximum Resp (ms)....      66.95                                                                           
  Average Resp (ms)....      66.18                                                                           
  Std Deviation(ms)....       0.84                                                                           
                                                                                                            
  Ping Resp 1  (ms)....      66.31                                                                           
  Ping Resp 2  (ms)....      65.28                                                                           
  Ping Resp 3  (ms)....      66.95                                                                           
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  Ping Resp 11 (ms)....                                                                                      
  Ping Resp 12 (ms)....                                                                                      

 

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