Validating network reachability on IOS devices

In this recipe, we will outline how to validate network reachability via ping using Ansible. ICMP allows us to validate proper forwarding across our network. Using Ansible to perform this task provides us with a robust tool to validate proper traffic forwarding, since we can perform this task from each node simultaneously and collect all the results for further inspection.

Getting ready

This recipe is built based on the network setup that was outlined in the chapter introduction, and I am assuming that the network has already been built in accordance with all the previous recipes in this chapter.

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