HP Cisco MDS 9216i Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference Guide - Release 4.x - Page 542

fcping Chapter 8 F Commands Send documentation comments to [email protected] 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 device-alias aliasname fcid fc-port domain-controller-id pwwn pwwn-id vsan vsan-id count number timeout value usr-priority priority Specifies the device alias name. Maximum length is 64 characters. The FCID of the destination N port. The port FCID, with the format 0xhhhhhh. Verifies connection to the destination switch. Specifies the port WWN of the destination N port, with the format hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh. Specifies the VSAN ID of the destination N port. The range is 1 to 4093. Specifies the number of frames to send. A value of 0 sends forever. The range is 0 to 2147483647. Specifies the timeout value in seconds. The range is 1 to 10. Specifies the priority the frame receives in the switch fabric. The range is 0 to 1. Defaults None. Command Modes EXEC mode. Command History Release 1.0(2) 1.2(1) 2.0(x) Modification This command was introduced. Allowed the domain controller ID as an FCID. Added the device-alias aliasname option. 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 8-38 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference OL-18089-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x