Run as root on the EMS. This test uses xdsh and uses "lpar" for the node group. Use a different node group if desired. Note xdsh can leave behind processes if you do a in the middle of a command. To gaurd against results which are messed up by old copies of the ping test, kill any leftover ping processes. 1) Create the ping_address_file. This is only required if changes have been made since the last run; e.g., octants deconfigured, ARP entries changed, etc. "./create_ping_address_file [interface]" If the "interface" argument is not provided, it defaults to "ml0" as the interface to test. Remove any nodes you don't want to run the ping test. 2) Copy "ping_address_file" to /tmp on each node: xdcp lpar -v ping_address_file /tmp 3) Copy "ping_all" to /tmp on each node: xdcp lpar -v ping_all /tmp 4) Remove any output files from previous runs: xdsh lpar -v "rm /tmp/ping.all.out 2>/dev/null" 5) Run the ping test: "./start_ping_all" Each node in the test will write any ping failures to "/tmp/ping.all.out" (local /tmp on each node). (No "ping.all.out" file indicates no ping failures.) 6) To determine if we have ping failures: xdsh lpar -v "ls -l /tmp/ping.all.out 2>/dev/null" | sort -n +5 If a given set of "ping.all.out" files are the same length, it's likely they will have duplicate ping failures.