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ping6 <ip6-address> [source <ip6-address>] [egress <dpd-uuid-lrouter-port-arg>]

Issue a ping command for IPv6 host.

The egress argument specifies the egress interface to send the IPv6 ping packets. This is usually required when you ping to a link local IPv6 address

The source argument specifies which IP address to ping from. This may be required in some circumstances for ping to work as expected. For example, if there is overlap in IP addresses used in the tier 0 and tier 1 router transit subnets, pings from the tier 0 VRF will not reach virtual machines on networks routed by the tier 1 router. If you use the source argument to specify a unique IP used by that VRF (in this case, the tier 0 uplink IP) the pings will reach the virtual machines.

Parameters:

Option Description
<ip-address> Network IPv6 address argument
<uuid> Datapath UUID argument


Mode:

Basic, VRF, Tier0 SR, Tier1 SR

Availability: