1-11 HWPing ConfigurationIn Release 1702, new HWPing commands are added including datafill, description, display hwpingstatistics, filesize, history keep-time, history-record enable, hwping-agent clear, hwping-agentmax-requests, sendpacket passroute, ttl, statistics, statistics keep-time, test-time begin, and adv-factor.For description about the commands, refer to HWPing Configuration.When configuring HWPing, go to these sections for information you are interested in:z HWPing Overviewz HWPing Configurationz HWPing Configuration ExamplesHWPing OverviewIntroduction to HWPingHWPing (pronounced Hua’Wei Ping) is a network diagnostic tool. It is used to test the performance ofvarious protocols running in networks. HWPing provides more functions than the ping command.z The ping command can only use the ICMP protocol to test the round trip time (RTT) between thisend and a specified destination end for the user to judge whether the destination end is reachable.z Besides the above function of the ping command, HWPing can also provide other functions, suchas testing the status (open/close) of a DHCP/FTP/HTTP/SNMP server and the response time ofvarious services.You need to configure HWPing client and sometimes the corresponding HWPing servers as well toperform various HWPing tests.All HWPing tests are initiated by an HWPing client and you can view the test results on the HWPingclient only.When performing an HWPing test, you need to configure an HWPing test group on the HWPing client.An HWPing test group is a set of HWPing test parameters. A test group contains several testparameters and is uniquely identified by an administrator name and a test tag.After creating an HWPing test group and configuring the test parameters, you can then perform anHWPing test by the test-enable command.z Being different from the ping command, HWPing does not display the RTT or timeout status ofeach packet on the Console terminal in real time. To view the statistic results of your HWPing testoperation, you need to execute the display hwping command.z HWPing also allows you to set parameters for HWPing test groups, start HWPing tests and viewstatistical test results through a network management device.
