Tests the network card and network link. Pings the network hosts or
broadcast address of the interface to generate traffic on the network.
Counts the number of packets passing through the device before and
after the address is pinged. If the count decreases or remains the
same, the resource is marked FAULTED.
If the NetworkHosts list is empty, or the ping test fails, the agent
sends a ping to the device's broadcast address to generate network
traffic. The agent checks for any response to the broadcast request. If
there is no reply to the broadcast ping, the resource faults.
Note: |
For AIX, the systems do not respond to broadcast pings by default. Run the no -o bcastping=1 command to enable response to broadcast pings. |
