hipprobe(1)

NAME
     hipprobe - probe configured HIPPI interfaces

SYNOPSIS
     $PCP_BINADM_DIR/hipprobe [-v] [hippi[0-N] ...]

DESCRIPTION
     hipprobe will check the status of HIPPI interfaces on a system.

     hipprobe is typically used within scripts to determine the number of
     HIPPI interfaces which are not currently `ready'.  By default hipprobe
     will not produce any output, unless there is an error.  However, hipprobe
     can also be used, with the -v option, to display the status of each HIPPI
     interface.  Individual HIPPI interfaces can also be given as arguments to
     hipprobe to specify which interfaces will be checked.

     The HIPPI interfaces are checked in three ways.

     1.   The output from hipcntl is parsed to ensure the correct flags are
          present for the controller.

     2.   The output from ifconfig is parsed to ensure the interface is up.

     3.   The interface is ping'ed to ensure packets can be transmitted and
          received by the interface.

     hipprobe will return the number of interfaces which were detected to have
     problems.  If no problems were detected, then 0 will be returned. On
     error hipprobe will return 255.

     For more advanced HIPPI interface problem diagnostics, refer to the
     hipcntl(1m) and hiptest(1m) man pages.

PCP ENVIRONMENT
     Environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are used to parameterize the
     file and directory names used by PCP.  On each installation, the file
     /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values for these variables.  The
     $PCP_CONF variable may be used to specify an alternative configuration
     file, as described in pcp.conf(4).

SEE ALSO
     PCPintro(1), hipcntl(1m), hiptest(1m), ifconfig(1m), ping(1m) and
     hippi(7m).

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