# 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

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

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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**.

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4. Click on **Yes** to run the action.

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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.

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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.

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