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

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11       Pings  a  group of hosts or switches to verify that they are powered on
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Syntax

15       ethpingall [-C] [-p] [-f  hostfile] [-F  switchesfile] [-h 'hosts']
16       [-H 'switches']
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Options

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21                 Produces full help text.
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26                 Performs a ping against switches. Default is hosts.
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36                 Specifies the file with hosts in cluster.
37                 Default is /etc/eth-tools/hosts.
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42                 Specifies the file with switches in cluster.
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Example

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61       HOSTS='arwen elrond' ethpingall
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63       ethpingall -C
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65       NOTE: This command pings all hosts /switches  found  in  the  specified
66       host  /switches  file.  The use of -C option merely selects the default
67       file and/or environment variable to use. For this command, it is  valid
68       to use a file that lists both hosts and switches.
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72       SWITCHES='switch1 switch2' ethpingall -C
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Environment Variables

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