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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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Thecommanddisplaysthenetworkinformation,portgroup,MTU,andcurrentstateforeachvirtual
networkadapterinthesystem.
YoucanaddandconfigureanIPv6VMkernelNICwithESXCLI.
To add and configure a VMkernel Network Interface for IPv6
1Runesxcli network ip interface addtoaddanewVMkernelnetworkinterface.
esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface add --interface-name=vmk<x>
--portgroup-name=<my_portgroup>
YoucanspecifytheMTUsettingafteryouhaveaddedthenetworkinterfacebyusingesxcli network
ip interface set --mtu.
Whenthecommandfinishessuccessfully,thenewlyaddedVMkernelnetworkinterfaceisenabled.
2Runesxcli network ip interface ipv6 address add toconfiguretheinterfaceasanIPv6interface.
YoumustspecifytheIPaddressusing--ipandthename.For
thefollowingexamples,assumethat
VMSF‐VMK‐363isaportgrouptowhichyouwanttoaddaVMkernelnetworkinterface.
esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface ipv6 address add --ip=<X:X:X::/X>
--interface-name=vmk<X>
Youcansettheaddressasfollows.
<X:X:X::/X>:StaticIPv6address
--enable-dhcpv6:EnablesDHCPv6onthisinterfaceandattemptstoacquireanIPv6addressfrom
thenetwork.
--enable-router-adv:UsetheIPv6addressadvertisedbytherouter.Theaddressisaddedwhen
theroutersendsthenextrouteradvert.
TheVMkernelsupportsDHCPonlyforESXi4.0andlater.
Whenthecommandcompletessuccessfully,thenewlyaddedVMkernelnetworkinterfaceisenabled.
3ListinformationaboutallVMkernelnetworkinterfaceson
thesystem.
esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface list
Thelistcontainsthenetworkinformation,portgroup,MTU,andcurrentstateforeachVMkernel
NetworkInterfaceonthesystem.
4YoucanlaterremovetheIPv6addressanddisableIPv6.
esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface ipv6 address remove --interface-name=<VMK_NIC>
--ipv6=<ipv6_addr>
esxcli <conn_options> network ip set --ipv6-enabled=false
Managing VMkernel Network Interfaces with vicfg-vmknic
YoucanconfiguretheVMkernelnetworkinterfaceforIPv4(see“ToaddandconfigureanIPv4VMkernel
NetworkInterfacewithvicfg‐vmknic”onpage 126)orforIPv6(see“ToaddandconfigureanIPv6VMkernel
NetworkInterfacewithvicfg‐vmknic”onpage 127).Specifyoneoftheoptionslistedin“ConnectionOptions
forvCLIHostManagementCommands”onpage 18inplaceof<conn_options>.
To add and configure an IPv4 VMkernel Network Interface with vicfg-vmknic
1Runvicfg-vmknic --addtoaddaVMkernelnetworkinterface.
YoumustspecifytheIPaddressbyusing--ip,thenetmask,andthename.Forthefollowingexamples,
assumethatVMSF‐VMK‐363isaportgrouptowhichyou
wanttoaddaVMkernelnetworkinterface.
vicfg-vmknic <conn_options> --add --ip <ip_address> -n 255.255.255.0 VMSF-VMK-363
YoucanspecifytheMTUsettingwhenaddingaVMkernelnetworkinterface.Youcannotchangethat
settingatalatertime.
Whenthecommandcompletessuccessfully,thenewlyaddedVMkernelnetworkinterfaceisenabled.