Launch the Actions: Ping Command

This URL is equivalent to the Actions → Ping (from server) command in the console.

To launch a window that requests you to enter a node name, use the following URL:

http://<serverName>:<portNumber>/nnm/launch?cmd=runTool&tool=ping

<serverName> = the fully-qualified domain name of the NNMi management server (values allowed here are determined by the Enable URL Redirect setting in User Interface Configuration, see Configure the NNMi User Interface)

<portNumber> = the NNMi HTTP port number

For a quick-reference list of all URL choices for launching NNMi, see Help → Documentation Library → Integrate NNMi Elsewhere with URLs. The Integrate NNMi Elsewhere with URLs page also contains a link to a list of sample URLs that you can copy/paste as a starting point.

After you specify a node, the real-time results of the ping command appear.

To launch the real-time results of the ping command, use the following URL:

http://<serverName>:<portNumber>/nnm/launch?cmd=runTool&tool=ping&timeoutSecs=<x>&numPings=<x>&nodename=<x>

(NNMi Advanced) If the Global Network Management feature is enabled and you are signed into a Global Manager:

• Node managed by the Global Manager = Actions → Ping issues an ICMP request from the Global Manager (NNMi management server).

• Node managed by a Regional Manager = Actions → Ping accesses that Regional Manager (NNMi management server) and issues the ICMP request.

  You must sign into that Regional Manager unless your network environment enables Single Sign-On (SSO) to that Regional Manager through the Global Manager.

Ping Command Attributes

Attribute	Values
nodename	A DNS-resolvable hostname or IP address. The nodename value is passed literally to the underlying command you specify. The nodename value (in this case) is not required to correlate with anything in the NNM database.
timeoutSecs	Amount of time NNMi waits before abandoning a ping request.
numPings	Maximum number of retries.