ethpingall - Man Page
Name
ethpingall
Pings a group of hosts or switches to verify that they are powered on and accessible through TCP/IP ping.
Syntax
ethpingall [-C] [-p] [-f hostfile] [-F switchesfile] [-h 'hosts']
[-H 'switches']
Options
- --help
Produces full help text.
- -C
Performs a ping against switches. Default is hosts.
- -p
Pings all hosts/switches in parallel.
- -f hostfile
Specifies the file with hosts in cluster.
Default is /etc/eth-tools/hosts.- -F switchesfile
Specifies the file with switches in cluster.
Default is /etc/eth-tools/switches.- -h hosts
Specifies the list of hosts to ping.
- -H switches
Specifies the list of switches to ping.
Example
ethpingall
ethpingall -h 'arwen elrond'
HOSTS='arwen elrond' ethpingall
ethpingall -C
NOTE: This command pings all hosts/switches found in the specified host/switches file. The use of -C option selects the default file and/or environment variable to use. For this command, it is valid to use a file that lists both hosts and switches.
ethpingall -C -H 'switch1 switch2'
SWITCHES='switch1 switch2' ethpingall -C
Environment Variables
- HOSTS
List of hosts, used if -h option not supplied.
- SWITCHES
List of switches, used if -H option not supplied.
- HOSTS_FILE
File containing list of hosts, used in absence of -f and -h.
- SWITCHES_FILE
File containing list of switches, used in absence of -F and -H.
- FF_MAX_PARALLEL
When -p option is used, maximum concurrent operations are performed.