ANSI INCITS 443 : 2008

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative References
  2.1 Overview
  2.2 Approved references
  2.3 References under development
  2.4 IETF References
3 Definitions and conventions
  3.1 Overview
  3.2 Definitions
  3.3 Editorial Conventions
  3.4 Abbreviations, acronyms and symbols
  3.5 Keywords
  3.6 Output Format Description Conventions
4 SNPing Command Line Interface
  4.1 Overview
  4.2 Initialization
  4.3 Locate Devices
      4.3.1 Overview
      4.3.2 Locating the local HBA
      4.3.3 Locating the remote device
      4.3.4 Returning information about the located local HBA and
            remote device
  4.4 Response Test
      4.4.1 Overview
      4.4.2 Command line logical unit number format
  4.5 Closing Output
Annexes
Annex A (normative) SNPing Augmented Backus-Naur Form Definition
      A.1 SNPing command line ABNF
      A.2 SNPing output ABNF
          A.2.1 Overview
          A.2.2 Output from -version option ABNF
          A.2.3 Output from -D option ABNF
          A.2.4 Output from -d option ABNF
          A.2.5 Output from -a option ABNF
          A.2.6 Output from Ping Step
          A.2.7 Output from -z
          A.2.8 References
          A.2.9 Rules copied from RFCs 3986
Annex B (informative) Example SNPing man page

Describes a Command Line Interface (CLI) for a storage networking management utility program that is equivalent to the IP Networking Ping function. The CLI may be directly useful to storage management personnel or it may be accessed via other applications (e.g., an SMI-S Client).