Sawping is BI server ping tool comes along BI installation, it has following otions.
sawping [-p port] [-s host] [-v (verbose mode)] [-q (quiet mode)] [-h]
Here is an example on ping local machine which has BI server services down
C:\OracleBI\web\bin>sawping -v
Unable to connect to server. The server may be down or may be too busy to accept additional connections.
An error occurred during execution of "connect". No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
[Socket:1864]
Error Codes: ETI2U8FA
Suppose server is running on remote machine
C:\OracleBI\web\bin>sawping –v –s servername
Server alive and well
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