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If you execute the nqa entry command to enter the test group view with test type configured, you will 
enter the test type view of the test group directly. 
 
Configuring an NQA Test Group 
Configuring an ICMP Echo Test 
An ICMP echo test is used to test reachability of the destination host according to the ICMP echo reply 
or timeout information. An ICMP echo test has the same function with the ping command but has more 
abundant output information. You can use the ICMP echo test to locate connectivity problems in a 
network. 
Follow these steps to configure an ICMP echo test: 
To do…  Use the command…  Remarks 
Enter system view  system-view —
 
Enter NQA test group view 
nqa entry admin-name 
operation-tag 
—
 
Configure the test type as 
ICMP echo and enter test type 
view 
type icmp-echo Required 
Configure the destination 
address for a test operation 
destination ip 
ip-address 
Required 
By default, no destination IP address 
is configured for a test operation. 
Configure the size of probe 
packets sent 
data-size size 
Optional 
100 bytes by default. 
Configure the filler string of a 
probe packet sent 
data-fill string 
Optional 
By default, the filler string of a probe 
packet is the hexadecimal number 
00010203040506070809. 
Specify the IP address of an 
interface as the source IP 
address of an ICMP echo 
request 
source interface 
interface-type 
interface-number 
Optional 
By default, no interface address is 
specified as the source IP address of 
ICMP probe requests. 
If you use the source ip command to 
configure the source IP address of 
ICMP echo probe requests, the 
source interface command is invalid.
The interface specified by this 
command must be up. Otherwise, the 
probe will fail.