https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Differences-between-quot-net-ping-node-node-x-quot-and-quot-net-ping-vserver/m-p/144070#M31900 <P>I used these two commands to ping the same destination, the former can ping the destination IP, the later one can not.</P> <P>I know that this probably because the former makes the ping via different lif than "vserver-x -lif lif-x".&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>My question is, which lif the former one ping the destiantion from?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Thanks for your inputs!</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:12:21 GMT heightsnj 2025-06-04T13:12:21Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Differences-between-quot-net-ping-node-node-x-quot-and-quot-net-ping-vserver/m-p/144070#M31900 <P>I used these two commands to ping the same destination, the former can ping the destination IP, the later one can not.</P> <P>I know that this probably because the former makes the ping via different lif than "vserver-x -lif lif-x".&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>My question is, which lif the former one ping the destiantion from?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Thanks for your inputs!</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:12:21 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Differences-between-quot-net-ping-node-node-x-quot-and-quot-net-ping-vserver/m-p/144070#M31900 heightsnj 2025-06-04T13:12:21Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Differences-between-quot-net-ping-node-node-x-quot-and-quot-net-ping-vserver/m-p/144096#M31912 <P>If you ping from a node only without specifying an SVM (vserver), the node will use it's own management LIF to run the PING. &nbsp;</P> Sat, 20 Oct 2018 03:25:50 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Differences-between-quot-net-ping-node-node-x-quot-and-quot-net-ping-vserver/m-p/144096#M31912 bobshouseofcards 2018-10-20T03:25:50Z