=head1 NAME

B<pping> - parallel ping the nodes.

=head1 SYNOPSIS

B<pping> [B<-i>|B<--interface> I<interface>] I<noderange>

B<pping> [B<-h>|B<--help>]

B<pping> {B<-v>|B<--version>}


=head1 DESCRIPTION

B<pping> is a utility used to ping a list of nodes in parallel.
B<pping> will return an unsorted list of nodes with a ping or noping status.
B<pping> front-ends nmap and fping if available.

This command does not support the xcatd client/server communication.  It must be run on the management node.

=head1 OPTIONS

=over 10

=item B<-i>|B<--interface> I<interface>

An interface name that should be pinged instead of the interface represented by the nodename/hostname.
The following name resolution convention is assumed:  an interface is reachable by the hostname <nodename>-<interface>.  For example,
the ib2 interface on node3 has a hostname of node3-ib2.

=item B<-h>|B<--help>

Show usage information.

=item B<-v>|B<--version>

Display the installed version of xCAT.

=back

=head1 EXAMPLES

=over 3

=item 1.

pping all

 blade7: ping
 blade8: ping
 blade9: ping
 devmaster: ping
 node4: ping
 node2: noping

=item 2.

pping all -i eth1

 node2-eth1: noping

=back

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<psh(1)|psh.1>, L<noderange(3)|noderange.3>