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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
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Chapter 9 Managing vSphere Networking
3 Changeuplinkadaptersettings.
esxcli <conn_options> network nic set <option>
Specifyoneofthefollowingoptions.
4 (Optional)Bringtheuplinkadapterbackup.
esxcli <conn_options> network nic up --nic-name=vmnic0
Specifying Multiple Uplinks with ESXCLI
Atanytime,oneportgroupNICarrayandacorrespondingsetofactiveuplinksexist.Whenyouchangethe
activeuplinks,youalsochangethestandbyuplinksandthenumberofactiveuplinks.
Thefollowingexampleillustrateshowactiveandstandbyuplinksareset.
1Theportgroupnicarrayis[
vmnic1,vmnic0,vmnic3,vmnic5,vmnic6,vmnic7]andactive-uplinksis
settothreeuplinks(vmnic1,vmnic0,vmnic3).Theotheruplinksarestandbyuplinks.
2Yousettheactiveuplinkstoanewset[vmnic3,vmnic5].
3Thenewuplinksoverridetheoldset.TheNICarraychanges
to[vmnic3,vmnic5,vmnic6,vmnic7].
vmnic0andvmnic1areremovedfromtheNICarrayandmax-activebecomes2.
Ifyouwanttokeepvmnic0andvmnic1inthearray,youcanmakethoseNICsstandbyuplinksinthe
commandthatchangestheactiveuplinks.
esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup policy failover set -p testPortgroup --active-uplinks
vmnic3,vmnic5 --standby-uplinks vmnic1,vmnic0,vmnic6,vmnic7
-a|--auto
Setthespeedandduplexsettingstoautonegotiate.
-D|--duplex=<str>
DuplextosetthisNICto.Acceptablevaluesarefullandhalf.
-P | --phy-address
SettheMACaddressofthedevice
-l|--message-level=<long>
Setthedrivermessagelevel.Messagelevelsandwhattheyimplydifferper
driver.
-n|--nic-name=<str>
NameoftheNICtoconfigured.Mustbeoneofthecardslistedinthenic list
command(required).
-p|--port=<str>
Selectsthedeviceport.Thefollowingdeviceportsareavailable.
aui–Selectauiasthedeviceport
bnc–Selectbncasthedeviceport
fibre–Selectmiiasthedeviceport
mii–Selectmiiasthedeviceport
tp–Selecttpasthedeviceport
-S|--speed=<long>
SpeedtosetthisNICto.Acceptablevaluesare10,100,1000,and10000.
-t|--transceiver-type=<str>
Selecttransceivertype.Thefollowingtransceivertypesareavailable.
external–Setthetransceivertypetoexternal
internal–Setthetransceivertypetointernal
-w|--wake-on-lan=<str>
SetWake-on-LANoptions.Notalldevicessupportthisoption.Theoptionvalue
isastringofcharactersspecifyingwhichoptionstoenable.
p–Wakeonphyactivity
u–Wakeonunicastmessages
m–Wakeonmulticastmessages
b–Wakeonbroadcastmessages
a–WakeonARP
g–WakeonMagicPacket
s–EnableSecureOnpasswordforMagicPacket