ping6 ipv6–address

Syntax

ping6 [ipv6-address|hostname|switch-number][repetitions 1 - 10000][timeout 1 - 60][date-size 0 - 65507][data-fill 0 -1024][ source [ipv6-addr|vid]][ oobm]

ping6 [link-local-address %vlan vid|hostname|switch-number][repetitions 1 - 10000][timeout 1 - 60][date-size 0 - 65507][data-fill 0 -1024][ source [ipv6-addr|vid]][ oobm]

Description

Pings the specified IPv6 host by sending ICMP version 6 (ICMPv6) echo request packets to the specified host.

Options

ipv6-address

IPv6 address of a destination host device.

link-local-address %vlan vid

IPv6 link-local address, where %vlan vid specifies the VLAN ID number.

hostname

Hostname of an IPv6 host device configured on an IPv6 DNS server.

switch-number

Number of an IPv6-based switch that is a member of a switch stack (IPv6 subnet). Valid values: 1 - 16.

oobm

For switches that have a separate out-of-band management (OOBM) port, oobm specifies that the traffic originates from the out-of-band management port.

repetitions 1 - 10000

Number of times that IPv6 ping packets are sent to the destination IPv6 host.

Default: 1.

timeout 1 - 60

Number of seconds within which a response is required from the destination host before the ping test times out.

Valid values : 1 - 60. Default: 1 second.

data-size 0 - 65471

Size of data (in bytes) to be sent in ping packets.

Valid values: 0 - 65471.

Default: 0.

data-fill 0 - 1024

Text string used as data in ping packets.

Range: up to 1024 alphanumeric characters; Default: 0

source [ ipv6-addr | vid ]

The IPv6 address of the pinging device or the VLAN ID on which the ping is being sent.

Default : 0 (no text is used).

Example output

IPv6 ping tests

Switch# ping6 fe80::2:1%vlan10
fe80:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0002:0001 is alive, time = 975 ms

Switch# ping6 2001:db8::a:1c:e3:3 repetitions 3
2001:0db8:0000:0000:000a:001c:00e3:0003 is alive, iteration 1, time = 15 ms
2001:0db8:0000:0000:000a:001c:00e3:0003 is alive, iteration 2, time = 15 ms
2001:0db8:0000:0000:000a:001c:00e3:0003 is alive, iteration 3, time = 15 ms
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 15/15/15

Switch# ping6 2001:db8::214:c2ff:fe4c:e480 repetitions 3 timeout 2
2001:db8:0000:0000:0214:c2ff:fe4c:e480 is alive, iteration 1, time = 15 ms
2001:db8:0000:0000:0214:c2ff:fe4c:e480 is alive, iteration 2, time = 10 ms
2001:db8:0000:0000:0214:c2ff:fe4c:e480 is alive, iteration 3, time = 15 ms

Switch# ping6 2001:db8::10
Request timed out.