User`s guide

Chapter 9 VMware ESX Servers 181
Syntax
Create a server profile:
then add a vNIC or vHBA with a local-id value:
A local-id maps a vNIC into 32 predefined vNIC names (vnic1 through vnic32)
on the ESX server. A local-id for a vHBA is rarely used. See “Introducing Virtual I/O
for VMware ESX” on page 179.
ESX Utilities
The following commands are useful when configuring virtual I/O under ESX:
■ esxcfg-xgmap is a OVN-provided command that outputs a list of Xsigo vNIC
and vHBA names mapped to their VMware names.
■ esxcfg-vswitch is an ESX command that displays and controls VMware
vSwitches.
■ esxcfg-vmhbadevs is an ESX command that includes most of the ESX
networking commands.
■ esxcfg-mpath is an ESX command that controls multipathing in the virtual
environment.
■ vmware-cmd is an ESX command that performs registration, VM start, and VM
stop from a bash shell.
■ xsigo-support is a OVN-provided command that gathers logs and other Oracle
information from the ESX server for submission to Oracle technical support.
■ vm-support is a VMware command that gathers logs and other VMware
information from the server for submission to technical support.
For more detailed information, see figure in “ESX Configuration” on page 182.
add server-profile <profile-name> <server-name>@<f1-15-hostname>:<ib-port>
add vnic <vnic>.<profile-name> <slot>/<port> -local-id=<value>
add vhba <vhba>.<profile-name> <slot>/<port>