ping utility

The ping command is an operating system tool that verifies that this Content Platform Engine server is able to locate a FileNet® Image Services server by using either the local hosts file or the DNS server.

You can use the following variations of the ping command:

ping IS_server_name 
ping IS_server_IP_address 
ping NCH_service_name

IS_server_name is the name of the FileNet Image Services Root/Index server, such as leonardo.
IS_server_IP_address is the IP address, such as 10.14.80.97.
NCH_service_name is the four-part NCH service name, such as davinci-exampleco-nch-server.