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AIX haping utility

The administrator can use the haping utility (/opt/VRTSvcs/bin/ MultiNICB/haping) to test each NIC prior to configuring the MultiNICB resource. This utility takes the NIC interface as an argument, and can be used to perform a link test, broadcast ping, or ping a specific remote host. It is highly recommended that the administrator perform a test ping with the remote host prior to adding it to the NetworkHosts parameter. Some examples of the command syntax are as follows:

Link test only on interface en0:

    haping -l en0

Ping a remote host 10.10.10.10 from interface en0:

    haping -g 10.10.10.10 en0