HP Cisco MDS 9216i Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference Release 4.0(1a)N2 - Page 595

Chapter 8 Fibre Channel Commands Send comments to [email protected] fcping fcping To ping an N port, use the fcping command. 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. (Optional) Specifies the number of frames to send. A value of 0 sends forever. The range is 0 to 2147483647. (Optional) Specifies the timeout value in seconds. The range is 1 to 10. (Optional) Specifies the priority the frame receives in the switch fabric. The range is 0 to 1. Command Default None Command Modes EXEC mode Command History Release 4.0(0)N1(1a) Modification This command was introduced. Usage Guidelines To obtain the domain controller ID, 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 FCID of the destination. By default, five frames are sent. switch# fcping fcid 0xd70000 vsan 1 The following example shows the setting of the number of frames to be sent using the count option. The range is from 0 through 2147483647. A value of 0 will ping forever. switch# fcping fcid 0xd70000 vsan 1 count 10 OL-16599-01 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference 8-61