Running the ping Command

This section describes how to run the ping command using the rpc method.

**Table 1** Running the **ping** command
Operation	XPATH
rpc	/huawei-ping:ping/test-name /huawei-ping:ping/ipv4-ping/destination /huawei-ping:ping/ipv4-ping/source-ip-address /huawei-ping:ping/ipv4-ping/count /huawei-ping:ping/ipv4-ping/interval /huawei-ping:ping/ipv4-ping/timeout /huawei-ping:ping/ipv4-ping/packet-size /huawei-ping:ping/ipv4-ping/ttl /huawei-ping:ping/ipv4-ping/tos /huawei-ping:ping/ipv4-ping/pattern /huawei-ping:ping/ipv4-ping/do-not-frag

Data Requirements

Item	Data	Description
Instance name of the ping command	test1	Set the instance name of the ping command to test1.
Destination host	192.168.10.1	Set the IPv4 address of the destination host to 192.168.10.1.
Source IPv4 address of ICMP request packets	192.168.50.1	Set the source IPv4 address of ICMP request packets to 192.168.50.1.
Number of ICMP request packets to be sent	30	Set the number of ICMP request packets to 30.
Interval at which ICMP request packets are sent	600	Set the interval at which ICMP request packets are sent to 600 milliseconds.
Timeout interval for ICMP response packets	1800	Set the timeout interval for ICMP response packets is 1800 milliseconds.
Length of ICMP request packets excluding the IPv4 and ICMP headers	100	Set the length of ICMP request packets to 100 bytes.
TTL value of ICMP request packets	200	Set the TTL value of ICMP request packets to 200.
ToS value of ICMP request packets	100	Set the ToS value of ICMP request packets to 100.
Pad characters for ICMP request packets	1122aaee	Set the pad characters for ICMP request packets to 1122aaee.
Whether fragmentation is allowed in packet sending	true	Do not allow fragmentation in packet sending.

Request Example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rpc xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" message-id="1">
  <hw-ping:ping xmlns:hw-ping="urn:huawei:params:xml:ns:yang:huawei-ping">
    <hw-ping:test-name>test1</hw-ping:test-name>
    <hw-ping:ipv4-ping>
      <hw-ping:destination>192.168.10.1</hw-ping:destination>
      <hw-ping:source-ip-address>192.168.50.1</hw-ping:source-ip-address>
      <hw-ping:count>30</hw-ping:count>
      <hw-ping:interval>600</hw-ping:interval>
      <hw-ping:timeout>1800</hw-ping:timeout>
      <hw-ping:packet-size>100</hw-ping:packet-size>
      <hw-ping:ttl>200</hw-ping:ttl>
      <hw-ping:tos>100</hw-ping:tos>
      <hw-ping:pattern>1122aaee</hw-ping:pattern>
      <hw-ping:do-not-frag>true</hw-ping:do-not-frag>
    </hw-ping:ipv4-ping>
  </hw-ping:ping>
</rpc>

Response Example

# Sample of successful response

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<rpc-reply xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" message-id="1">
  <ok/>
</rpc-reply>

# Sample of failed response

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<rpc-reply xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" message-id="1">
  <error/>
</rpc-reply>

Notification Reporting Result

# The switch reports the execution result of the ping command to the controller through a notification message.

<notification xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:notification:1.0">
  <eventTime>2017-06-09T16:48:24Z</eventTime>
  <ping-case-result xmlns="urn:huawei:params:xml:ns:yang:huawei-ping">
    <test-name>test1</test-name>
    <destination>192.168.10.1</destination>
    <total-count>30</total-count>
    <success-count>0</success-count>
    <loss-rate>100.00</loss-rate>
    <replys>
      <sequence>1</sequence>
      <data-byte>0</data-byte>
      <ttl-or-hoplimit>0</ttl-or-hoplimit>
      <rtt>0</rtt>
      <result>timeout</result>
    </replys>
    <complete>false</complete>
  </ping-case-result>
</notification>