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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference
OL-18089-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
Chapter 8 F Commands
fcping
fcping
To ping an N port with a specified FCID, use the
fcping fcid
command in EXEC mode.
fcping
{
device-alias
aliasname
|
fcid
{
fc-port | domain-controller-id
} |
pwwn
pwwn-id
}
vsan
vsan-id
[
count
number
[
timeout
value
[
usr-priority
priority
]]]
Syntax Description
Defaults
None.
Command Modes
EXEC mode.
Command History
Usage Guidelines
To obtain the domain controller address, concatenate the domain ID with
FFFC
. For example, if the
domain ID is
0xda
(218), the concatenated ID is
0xfffcda
.
Examples
The following example shows a fcping operation for the specified pWWN or the FCID of the destination.
By default, five frames are sent.
switch#
fcping fcid 0xd70000 vsan 1
28 bytes from 0xd70000 time = 730 usec
28 bytes from 0xd70000 time = 165 usec
28 bytes from 0xd70000 time = 262 usec
28 bytes from 0xd70000 time = 219 usec
28 bytes from 0xd70000 time = 228 usec
device-alias
aliasname
Specifies the device alias name. Maximum length is 64 characters.
fcid
The FCID of the destination N port.
fc-port
The port FCID, with the format
0xhhhhhh
.
domain-controller-id
Verifies connection to the destination switch.
pwwn
pwwn-id
Specifies the port WWN of the destination N port, with the format
hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh
.
vsan
vsan-id
Specifies the VSAN ID of the destination N port. The range is 1 to 4093.
count
number
Specifies the number of frames to send. A value of 0 sends forever. The
range is 0 to 2147483647.
timeout
value
Specifies the timeout value in seconds. The range is 1 to 10.
usr-priority
priority
Specifies the priority the frame receives in the switch fabric. The range is
0 to 1.
Release
Modification
1.0(2)
This command was introduced.
1.2(1)
Allowed the domain controller ID as an FCID.
2.0(x)
Added the
device-alias
aliasname
option.