Network Utilities › Ping Host Operator › Output Parameters

Output Parameters

isHostReachable

isHostReachable is set to one of the following:

True

Indicates that at least one of the ping requests reached the host.

False

Indicates that none of the ping requests reached the host. The operator fails.

A request deems the host to be unreachable if:

• The host is not reachable
• TTL expires
• Timeout expires

HostIpAddress

The IP address of the remote host.

HostCanonicalName

The canonical name of the remote host. The operator retrieves either the FQDN or the IP address depending on the underlying system configuration.

LocalNetworkInterface

One of the following:

The name of the local network interface used to send the requests to the remote host.

Indicates the user specified a local IP Address.

Blank

Indicates that no local IP Address was specified in the operator input.

TotalRequests

The number of requests issued by the operator.

If no error occurs when running the operator, the TotalRequests should be equal to the value of the Number of Requests.

SuccessfulRequests

The number of requests that reached the remote host.

FailedRequests

The number of requests that found the remote host to be unreachable.

FailurePercentage

FailedRequests * 100 / TotalRequests.

Result

1

Indicates that the operator finished successfully.

-1

Indicates that the operator failed.

Reason

One of the following:

Completed

Indicates that the operator finished successfully.

<error message>

Specifies why the operator failed in an error message.

remoteSSHHost

localIp

NUMBER_OF_REQUESTS

TTL

Timeout