To ping the server with the new 3.0 driver its:
var database = client.GetDatabase("YourDbHere");
database.RunCommandAsync((Command<BsonDocument>)"{ping:1}")
.Wait();
To ping the server with the new 3.0 driver its:
var database = client.GetDatabase("YourDbHere");
database.RunCommandAsync((Command<BsonDocument>)"{ping:1}")
.Wait();