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2ethcabletest(8)              EFSFFCLIRG (Man Page)             ethcabletest(8)
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NAME

7       ethcabletest
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11       Initiates or stops Cable Bit Error Rate stress tests for Network Inter‐
12       face Card (NIC)-to-switch links.
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Syntax

15       ethcabletest [-f  hostfile] [-h  'hosts'] [-n   numprocs]  [start|stop]
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Options

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26                 Specifies  the  file with hosts to include in NIC-to-SW test.
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32                 Specifies the list of hosts to include in NIC-SW test.
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45       The NIC-SW cable test requires that the FF_MPI_APPS_DIR is set, and  it
46       contains a pre-built copy of the Intel(R)   mpi_apps for an appropriate
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Examples

50       ethcabletest -f good
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54       HOSTS='arwen elrond' ethcabletest stop
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Environment Variables

57       The following environment variables are also used by this command:
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75Copyright(C) 2020              Intel Corporation               ethcabletest(8)