Host Ping

Requirements

Linux Control Center = 2.10.X or higher

Overview

The Host Ping action is used to validate whether a Host is Up or Down by sending/responding to ICMP requests.

Objective

The purpose of this document is to demonstrate step by step how to use the Host Ping action of the Linux Control Center.

Running Host Ping

1. Access the Hosts screen

   
2. Click on Actions in the line and a desired Host and click on Host Ping.

   
3. To run on multiple Hosts simultaneously, select the desired Hosts and click on Actions at the top of the page and click on Host Ping.

   
4. Click on Yes to run the action.

   
5. Click on the Queue Working button at the top of the page to monitor the execution of the action.

• Note: An independent Host Ping Action will be created for each Host if the action is run on more than one Host simultaneously.

  

1. If the Host does not respond, the Action Status action will have the result Error, and the icon in the Status column on the Hosts screen will turn red, indicating that it is not possible to perform actions on this Host, as shown in the example below.