XCLN: RPC Ping Utility and Exchange 2000 Server (272218)

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To use the RPC Ping utility, you must run Rpings.exe on the Exchange Server computer and Rpingc.exe on the MAPI client computer.

Server Component

Depending on the platform, run one of the following components on the Exchange Server computer:

• Intel:

  Winnt\I386\Rpings.exe

• Alpha:

  Winnt\Alpha\Rpings.exe

Options

Rpings.exe contains two RPC functions (Echo and Stats) that are called by Rpingc.exe on the client. By default, Rpings.exe uses all available protocol sequences. To specify a particular protocol sequence, type the following command in the folder that contains Rpings.exe where protocol_sequence is the supported transport mechanism of RPC.

You can specify the protocol sequences in the following table.

Protocol Sequence	Transport Mechanism
ncacn_np	Named Pipes
ncacn_ip_tcp	Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
ncacn_nb_nb	Network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) over NetBIOS Enhanced User Interface (NetBEUI)
ncacn_spx	Sequenced Packet Exchange (SPX)
ncacn_vns_spp	Banyan VINES
ncadg_ip_udp	User Datagram Protocol (UDP) datagram TCP/IP
ncadg_ipx	Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) datagram IPX
ncalrpc	Local procedure call

Client Component

Rpingc.exe connects and binds to the specified destination RPC server and displays the status, available protocol sequences with end points, and quality of the RPC connection.

Depending on the platform, run one of the following components on the MAPI client computer:

• Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 95, and Microsoft Windows 98 running on Intel:

  Winnt\I386\Rpingc.exe

• Windows NT and Windows 2000 running on Alpha:

  Winnt\Alpha\Rpingc.exe

• Microsoft Windows 3.1x clients:

  Win16\Rpingc.exe

• Microsoft DOS clients:

  Dos\Rpingc.exe

Options for Windows Clients

Rpingc.exe is available with a graphical user interface on Windows clients. You can customize your Rpingc.exe configuration on Windows clients by using the following options:

• Exchange Server:

  The name of the Exchange Server computer that you want to ping.

• Protocol Sequence:
  • Any (default)
  • Named Pipes
  • IPX/SPX
  • TCP/IP
  • NetBIOS
  • VINES
• End Point:
  • Rping (default, all)
  • Store (the Exchange Information Store service)
  • Admin (the Exchange Administrator service)
• Number of pings:
  • Continuous
  • Stop at x
• Mode:
  • Ping Only (character echoed by Rpings)
  • End Point Search (enumerates all end points that are available)
• Run with Security:

  Verifies that authenticated RPCs function correctly

Options for DOS Clients

Rpingc.exe is not available with a graphical user interface on DOS clients. To customize your Rpingc.exe configuration on DOS clients, type the following command in the folder that contains Rpingc.exe where protocol_sequence is the supported transport mechanism of RPC, network_address is the name of the server (this option is required), end_point is the end point that you want to find (the default is rping), and xxx is the number of pings (the default is 1).

The default protocol sequence is named pipes. You can specify the protocol sequences in the following table.

Protocol Sequence	Transport Mechanism
ncacn_np	Named Pipes
ncacn_ip_tcp	TCP/IP
ncacn_nb_nb	NetBIOS over NetBEUI
ncacn_spx	SPX
ncacn_vns_spp	Banyan VINES
ncadg_ip_udp	UDP datagram TCP/IP
ncadg_ipx	IPX datagram IPX

You can also specify the protocol sequences by the following friendly names:

• Namedpipes
• tcpip
• ipx/spx
• netbios
• vines

The -s option runs an endpoint search.