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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference
OL-16217-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Chapter 8 F Commands
fcping
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
Defaults None.
Command Modes EXEC mode.
Command History
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
device-alias aliasname Specifies the device alias name. Maximum length is 64 characters.
fcid The FCID of the destination N port.
fc-port The port FCID, with the format 0xhhhhhh.
domain-controller-id Verifies connection to the destination switch.
pwwn pwwn-id Specifies the port WWN of the destination N port, with the format
hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh:hh.
vsan vsan-id Specifies the VSAN ID of the destination N port. The range is 1 to 4093.
count number Specifies the number of frames to send. A value of 0 sends forever. The
range is 0
to 2147483647.
timeout value Specifies the timeout value in seconds. The range is 1 to 10.
usr-priority priority Specifies the priority the frame receives in the switch fabric. The range is
0
to 1.
Release Modification
1.0(2) This command was introduced.
1.2(1) Allowed the domain controller ID as an FCID.
2.0(x) Added the device-alias aliasname option.
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