Simple script that executes a ping for all hosts in the array.
import os
hosts = ["127.0.0.1","127.0.0.1","2.2.2.2"]
for host in hosts:
response = os.system("ping -c 1 " + host);
print "--------";
print "ping: ";
print host;
print "got: ";
print response;
print "status: ";
if response == 0:
print "host is up";
else:
print "host is down";
#print "trying" + host + "got" + response