Dell SmartFabric OS10 User Guide Release 10.5.3

Use the ping and traceroute commands to test network connectivity. When you ping an IP address, you send packets to a destination and wait for a response. If there is no response, the destination is not active. The ping command is useful during configuration if you have problems connecting to a hostname or IP address.

When you execute a traceroute, the output shows the path a packet takes from your device to the destination IP address. It also lists all intermediate hops (routers) that the packet traverses to reach its destination, including the total number of hops traversed.

Check IPv4 connectivity

OS10# ping 172.31.1.255

Type Ctrl-C to abort.

Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 172.31.1.255, timeout is 2 seconds:
Reply to request 1 from 172.31.1.208 0 ms
Reply to request 1 from 172.31.1.216 0 ms
Reply to request 1 from 172.31.1.205 16 ms
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Reply to request 5 from 172.31.1.209 0 ms
Reply to request 5 from 172.31.1.66 0 ms
Reply to request 5 from 172.31.1.87 0 ms

Check IPv6 connectivity

OS10# ping6 20::1
PING 20::1(20::1) 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 20::1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=2.07 ms
64 bytes from 20::1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=2.21 ms
64 bytes from 20::1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=2.37 ms
64 bytes from 20::1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=2.10 ms
^C
--- 20::1 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3005ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 2.078/2.194/2.379/0.127 ms

Trace IPv4 network route

OS10# traceroute www.Dell Networking.com

Translating "www.Dell Networking.com"...domain server (10.11.0.1) [OK]
Type Ctrl-C to abort.

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Tracing the route to www.Dell Networking.com (10.11.84.18), 
30 hops max, 40 byte packets
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TTL Hostname      Probe1     Probe2     Probe3
1   10.11.199.190 001.000 ms 001.000 ms 002.000 ms
2   gwegress-sjc-02.Dell Networking.com (10.11.30.126) 005.000 ms 001.000 ms 001.000 ms
3   fw-sjc-01.Dell Networking.com (10.11.127.254) 000.000 ms 000.000 ms 000.000 ms
4   www.Dell Networking.com (10.11.84.18) 000.000 ms 000.000 ms 000.000 ms

Trace IPv6 network route

OS10# traceroute 100::1

Type Ctrl-C to abort.

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Tracing the route to 100::1, 64 hops max, 60 byte packets
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Hops Hostname Probe1    Probe2    Probe3
1    100::1 000.000 ms 000.000 ms 000.000 ms

OS10# traceroute 3ffe:501:ffff:100:201:e8ff:fe00:4c8b

Type Ctrl-C to abort.

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Tracing the route to 3ffe:501:ffff:100:201:e8ff:fe00:4c8b, 
64 hops max, 60 byte packets
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Hops Hostname  Probe1   Probe2    Probe3
 1  3ffe:501:ffff:100:201:e8ff:fe00:4c8b
             000.000 ms 000.000 ms 000.000 ms