pping - parallel ping the nodes.
pping [-i|--interface interfaces] [-f|--use_fping] noderange
pping [-h|--help]
pping {-v|--version}
pping is a utility used to ping a list of nodes in parallel. pping will return an unsorted list of nodes with a ping or noping status. pping front-ends nmap or fping if available.
This command does not support the xcatd client/server communication. It must be run on the management node.
A comma separated list of network interface names that should be pinged instead of the interface represented by the nodename/hostname. The following name resolution convention is assumed: an interface is reachable by the hostname <nodename>-<interface>. For example, the ib2 interface on node3 has a hostname of node3-ib2.
If more than one interface is specified, each interface will be combined with the nodenames as described above and will be pinged in turn.
Use fping instead of nmap
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Display the installed version of xCAT.
pping all
Output is similar to:
node1: ping
node2: ping
node3: noping
pping all -i ib0,ib1
Output is similar to:
node1-ib0: ping
node2-ib0: ping
node3-ib0: noping
node1-ib1: ping
node2-ib1: ping
node3-ib1: noping