NAME

pping - parallel ping.


SYNOPSIS

pping [-q] [-s] [-i interface] noderange

pping [-h|--help]

pping {-v|--version}


DESCRIPTION

pping is a utility used to ping list of nodes in parallel.See noderange(3). pping will return an unsorted list of nodes with a ping or noping status. The list is actually sorted by first ping, unless -s is specified. pping front-ends ping and fping if available.

This command does not support the xcatd client/server communication. It must be run on the management node.


OPTIONS

-q quiet, only show noping nodes

-s Ping serially

-i interface interface

-h | help help

-v | version version


EXAMPLES

        pping all
        blade7: ping
        blade8: ping
        blade9: ping
        devmaster: ping
        node4: ping
        node2: noping
        pping -q all
        node2: noping


AUTHOR

Egan Ford <egan@us.ibm.com>