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ProSafe M5300 Switch
Troubleshooting
The Troubleshooting menu contains links to the following options:
• Ping IPv4 on page 497
• Ping IPv6 on page 498
• Traceroute IPv4 on page 499
• Traceroute IPv6 on page 500
Ping IPv4
Use this screen to tell the switch to send a Ping request to a specified IP address. You can
use this to check whether the switch can communicate with a particular IP station. Once you
click the APPLY button, the switch will send specified number of ping requests and the results
will be displayed.
If a reply to the ping is not received, you will see:
• Tx = Count, Rx = 0 Min/Max/Avg RTT = 0/0/0 msec
If a reply to the ping is received, you will see:
• Received response for Seq Num 0 Rtt xyz usec
• Received response for Seq Num 1 Rtt abc usec
• Received response for Seq Num 2 Rtt def usec
• Tx = Count, Rx = Count Min/Max/Avg RTT = xyz/abc/def msec.
To access the Ping IPv4 page, click Maintenance
Troubleshooting Ping IPv4.
To configure the settings and ping a host on the network:
1. Use IP Address/Host Name to enter the IP address or Hostname of the station you
want the switch to ping. The initial value is blank. The IP Address or Hostname you
enter is not retained across a power cycle.
2. Optionally, configure the following settings: