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Table Of Contents
- vSphere Command-Line Interface Concepts and Examples
- Contents
- About This Book
- vSphere CLI Command Overviews
- Introduction
- List of Available Host Management Commands
- Targets and Protocols for vCLI Host Management Commands
- Supported Platforms for vCLI Commands
- Commands with an esxcfg Prefix
- ESXCLI Overview
- Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands
- Connection Options for DCLI Commands
- vCLI Host Management Commands and Lockdown Mode
- Managing Hosts
- Managing Files
- Managing Storage
- Introduction to Storage
- Examining LUNs
- Detaching Devices and Removing a LUN
- Working with Permanent Device Loss
- Managing Paths
- Managing Path Policies
- Scheduling Queues for Virtual Machine I/O
- Managing NFS/NAS Datastores
- Monitoring and Managing SAN Storage
- Monitoring and Managing Virtual SAN Storage
- Monitoring vSphere Flash Read Cache
- Monitoring and Managing Virtual Volumes
- Migrating Virtual Machines with svmotion
- Configuring FCoE Adapters
- Scanning Storage Adapters
- Retrieving SMART Information
- Managing iSCSI Storage
- iSCSI Storage Overview
- Protecting an iSCSI SAN
- Command Syntax for esxcli iscsi and vicfg-iscsi
- iSCSI Storage Setup with ESXCLI
- iSCSI Storage Setup with vicfg-iscsi
- Listing and Setting iSCSI Options
- Listing and Setting iSCSI Parameters
- Enabling iSCSI Authentication
- Setting Up Ports for iSCSI Multipathing
- Managing iSCSI Sessions
- Managing Third-Party Storage Arrays
- Managing NMP with esxcli storage nmp
- Path Claiming with esxcli storage core claiming
- Managing Claim Rules
- Managing Users
- Managing Virtual Machines
- vmware-cmd Overview
- Listing and Registering Virtual Machines
- Retrieving Virtual Machine Attributes
- Managing Virtual Machine Snapshots with vmware-cmd
- Powering Virtual Machines On and Off
- Connecting and Disconnecting Virtual Devices
- Working with the AnswerVM API
- Forcibly Stopping Virtual Machines with EXCLI
- Managing vSphere Networking
- Introduction to vSphere Networking
- Retrieving Basic Networking Information
- Network Troubleshooting
- Setting Up vSphere Networking with vSphere Standard Switches
- Setting Up Virtual Switches and Associating a Switch with a Network Interface
- Retrieving Information About Virtual Switches
- Adding and Deleting Virtual Switches
- Checking, Adding, and Removing Port Groups
- Managing Uplinks and Port Groups
- Setting the Port Group VLAN ID
- Managing Uplink Adapters
- Adding and Modifying VMkernel Network Interfaces
- Setting Up vSphere Networking with vSphere Distributed Switch
- Managing Standard Networking Services in the vSphere Environment
- Setting the DNS Configuration
- Adding and Starting an NTP Server
- Managing the IP Gateway
- Setting Up IPsec
- Managing the ESXi Firewall
- Monitoring VXLAN
- Monitoring ESXi Hosts
- Index
Getting Started with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces
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Whenworkingwithvirtualswitchesandportgroups,performthefollowingtasks:
1Findoutwhichvirtualswitchesareavailableand(optionally)whattheassociatedMTUandCDP(Cisco
DiscoveryProtocol)settingsare.See“RetrievingInformationaboutVirtualSwitcheswithESXCLI”on
page 118and“RetrievingInformationaboutVirtualSwitcheswithvicfg‐vswitch”
onpage 118.
2Addavirtualswitch.See“A d d i n g andDeletingVirtualSwitcheswithESXCLI”onpage 119and“A d d i n g
andDeletingVirtualSwitcheswithvicfg‐vswitch”onpage 119.
3Foranewlyaddedswitch,performthesetasks:
aAddaportgroup.See“ManagingPortGroupswithESXCLI”onpage 120and“ManagingPort
Groupswith
vicfg‐vswitch”onpage 120.
b (Optional)SettheportgroupVLANID.See“SettingthePortGroupVLANIDwithESXCLI”on
page 121and“SettingthePortGroupVLANIDwithvicfg‐vswitch”onpage 122.
cAddanuplinkadapter.See“LinkingandUnlinkingUplinkAdapterswithESXCLI”onpage 124and
“LinkingandUnlinking
UplinkAdapterswithvicfg‐vswitch”onpage 124.
d (Optional)ChangetheMTUorCDPsettings.See“SettingSwitchAttributeswithesxclinetwork
vswitchstandard”onpage 119and“SettingSwitchAttributeswithvicfg‐vswitch”onpage 120.
Retrieving Information About Virtual Switches
YoucanretrieveinformationaboutvirtualswitchesbyusingESXCLIorvicfg-vswitch.Specifyoneofthe
optionslistedin“ConnectionOptionsforvCLIHostManagementCommands”onpage 18inplaceof
<conn_options>.
Retrieving Information about Virtual Switches with ESXCLI
Youcanretrieveinformationaboutvirtualswitchesbyusingesxcli network vswitchcommands.
Listallvirtualswitchesandassociatedportgroups.
esxcli <conn_options> network vswitch standard list
Thecommandprintsinformationaboutthevirtualswitch,whichmightincludeitsname,numberof
ports,MTU,portgroups,andotherinformation.TheoutputincludesinformationaboutCDPsettingsfor
thevirtualswitch.Thepreciseinformationdependsonthetargetsystem.Thedefaultportgroupsare
Management NetworkandVM Network.
Listthenetworkpolicysettings(securitypolicy,trafficshapingpolicy,andfailoverpolicy)forthevirtual
switch.Thefollowingcommandsaresupported.
esxcli <conn_options> network vswitch standard policy failover get
esxcli <conn_options> network vswitch standard policy security get
esxcli <conn_options> network vswitch standard policy shaping get
Retrieving Information about Virtual Switches with vicfg-vswitch
Youcanretrieveinformationaboutvirtualswitchesbyusingthevcifg-vswitchcommand.Specifyoneof
theoptionslistedin“ConnectionOptionsforvCLIHostManagementCommands”onpage 18inplaceof
<conn_options>.
CheckwhethervSwitch1exists.
vicfg-vswitch <conn_options> -c vSwitch1
Listallvirtualswitchesandassociatedportgroups.
vicfg-vswitch <conn_options> -l
Thecommandprintsinformationaboutthevirtualswitch,whichmightincludeitsname,numberof
ports,MTU,portgroups,andotherinformation.ThedefaultportgroupsareManagement Networkand
VM Network.
RetrievethecurrentCDP(CiscoDiscoveryProtocol)settingforthisvirtualswitch.