Ping is a UNIX program that checks whether a particular networked computer is operating and can accept requests.
You can enable or disable the use of ping with an S Series Node. Enabling ping lets you use the ping command to check the availability of and network connectivity to the S Series Node server modules.
Ping is enabled by default. If you have the security role, you can use the HCP S Series Management Console or management API to change this setting at any time while the HCP S Series software is running on at least one server module.
To enable or disable ping in the Management Console, go to .