Ping-OVAddress

Syntax

Ping-OVAddress
    [-Address] <String>
    [-Packets] <Int32>
    [-ApplianceConnection] <Object>
    [-Async]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Description

This Cmdlet provides the administrator the capability to PING (ICMP "echo request") to a resource the appliance is or is not managing, to help validate L2 and/or L3 connectivity from the appliance.

Examples

Example 1

$results = Ping-OVAddress host.domain.com -Appliance appliance.contoso.com
$results.progressUpdates.statusUpdate
PING host.domain.com (192.168.1.100) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from host.domain.com (192.168.1.100): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.462 ms
64 bytes from host.domain.com (192.168.1.100): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.629 ms
64 bytes from host.domain.com (192.168.1.100): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.478 ms
64 bytes from host.domain.com (192.168.1.100): icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.424 ms

64 bytes from [host.domain.com] (192.168.1.100): icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.578 ms

Parameters

-Address <String>

The IP or FQDN Address of the target device. If using FQDN, please make sure valid DNS Servers are configured on the appliance for proper DNS resolution.

Aliases	None
Required?	True
Position?	Named
Default value
Accept pipeline input?	true (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters?	False

-Packets <Int32>

Number of Packets to generate.

Default: 5

Aliases	None
Required?	False
Position?	Named
Default value	5
Accept pipeline input?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	False

-Async <SwitchParameter>

Use this parameter to immediately return the async task. By default, the Cmdlet will wait for the task to complete.

Aliases	None
Required?	False
Position?	Named
Default value	False
Accept pipeline input?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	False

-ApplianceConnection <Object>

Specify one or more [HPEOneView.Appliance.Connection] object(s) or Name property value(s).

Aliases	Appliance
Required?	False
Position?	Named
Default value	(${Global:ConnectedSessions} \| ? Default)
Accept pipeline input?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	False

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216)

Input Types

System.Net.IPAddress

IP Address of target node to ping

Return Values

HPEOneView.Appliance.TaskResource [System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject]

Task resource of the PING request