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Command-Line Management in vSphere 5 and vSphere 6 for Service Console Users
Thefollowingtablelistsequivalentcommandsforesxcli storage nmpcommands.
Theesxcli networkcommandsincludedinESXCLI4.1havebeenrenamed.Manyadditionalnetworking
commandsareavailableinESXCLI5.x
Theesxcli swiscsinamespacesupportsafewmanagementcommandsforsoftwareiSCSIinESXi4.1.The
commandshavebeenrenamed.ESXCLIequivalentshavealso
beenaddedfortheesxcfg-swiscsiand
esxcfg-hwiscsicommands.
Table 6. esxcli nmp namespace
esxcli storage nmp commands in ESXi 4.x esxcli storage nmp commands in ESXi 5.x
nmp device list --list
nmp device list --device
nmp device setpolicy <option>
nmp path list [--device|--path]
nmp fixed getpreferred <option>
nmp psp list
nmp psp getconfig [--device|--path]
nmp psp setconfig
[--config|--device|--path]
nmp roundrobin getconfig <option>
nmp roundrobin setconfig <option>
nmp satp list
nmp satp listrules
nmp satp addrule <option>
nmp satp deleterule <option>
nmp satp getconfig --device
nmp satp getconfig --path
nmp satp setconfig --config --device
nmp satp setconfig --config --path
nmp satp setdefaultpsp [--boot | --psp |
--satp]
nmp device list
nmp device list --device
nmp device set <option>
nmp psp generic deviceconfig get --device
nmp psp fixed deviceconfig set <option>
nmp psp generic deviceconfig get [--device]
nmp psp generic deviceconfig set
[--config|--path]
nmp psp roundrobin deviceconfig get <option>
nmp psp roundrobin deviceconfig set <option>
nmp satp list
nmp satp rule list
nmp satp rule add <option>
nmp satp rule remove <option>
nmp satp generic deviceconfig get --device
nmp satp generic pathconfig get --path
nmp psp generic deviceconfig set
nmp psp generic pathconfig set
nmp satp set [--boot | --psp | --satp]
Table 7. esxcli network namespace
esxcli 4.x esxcli 5.x Comment
network neighbors list network ip neighbor list ListARPtableentries.
network connection list network ip connection list ListactiveTCP/IPconnections.
Table 8. esxcli swiscsi namespace
ESXCLI 4.x esxcli 5.x Comment
swiscsi nic [--add |
--list | --remove]
iscsi networkportal [add | list
| remove]
PerformoperationsontheiSCSInetwork
portal(iSCSIVMkernelNIC).
swiscsi vmknic --list iscsi logicalnetworkportal list PerformoperationsontheiSCSIlogical
networkportal.