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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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vicfg-vmknic <conn_options> --unset-ip <X:X:X::/X> VMSF-VMK-363
vicfg-vmknic <conn_options> --enable-ipv6 false VMSF-VMK-363
Setting Up vSphere Networking with vSphere Distributed Switch
Adistributedswitchfunctionsasasinglevirtualswitchacrossallassociatedhosts.Adistributedswitchallows
virtualmachinestomaintainaconsistentnetworkconfigurationastheymigrateacrossmultiplehosts.See
“NetworkingUsingvSphereDistributedSwitches”onpage 115.
LikeavSpherestandardswitch,eachdistributedswitchisanetworkhub
thatvirtualmachinescanuse.A
distributedswitchcanforwardtrafficinternallybetweenvirtualmachinesorlinktoanexternalnetworkby
connectingtouplinkadapters.
Eachdistributedswitchcanhaveoneormoredistributedportgroupsassignedtoit.Distributedportgroups
groupmultipleportsunderacommonconfigurationand
provideastableanchorpointforvirtualmachines
thatareconnectingtolabelednetworks.Eachdistributedportgroupisidentifiedbyanetworklabel,whichis
uniquetothecurrentdatacenter.AVLANID,whichrestrictsportgrouptraffictoalogicalEthernetsegment
withinthephysicalnetwork,is
optional.
YoucancreatedistributedswitchesbyusingthevSphereWebClient.Afteryouhavecreatedadistributed
switch,youcanaddhostsbyusingthevSphereWebClient,createdistributedportgroups,andedit
distributedswitchpropertiesandpolicieswiththevSphereWebClient.Youcanaddandremoveuplink
ports
byusingvicfg-vswitch.
SeethevSphereNetworkingdocumentationandthewhitepaperavailablethroughtheResourceslinkat
http://www.vmware.com/go/networkingforinformationaboutdistributedswitchesandhowtoconfigure
themusingthevSphereWebClient.
Youcanaddandremovedistributedswitchuplinkportswithvicfg-vswitch.
Afterthedistributedswitchhasbeen
setup,youcanusevicfg-vswitchtoaddorremoveuplinkports.
Specifyoneoftheoptionslistedin“ConnectionOptionsforvCLIHostManagementCommands”onpage 18
inplaceof<conn_options>.
Addanuplinkport.
vicfg-vswitch <conn_options> --add-dvp-uplink <adapter_name> --dvp <DVPort_id>
<dvswitch_name>
Removeanuplinkport.
vicfg-vswitch <conn_options> --del-dvp-uplink <adapter> --dvp <DVPort_id> <dvswitch_name>
Managing Standard Networking Services in the vSphere Environment
YoucanusevCLIcommandstosetupDNS,NTP,SNMP,andthedefaultgatewayforyourvSphere
environment.
Setting the DNS Configuration
YoucansettheDNSconfigurationwithESXCLIorwithvicfg-dns.
Setting the DNS Configuration with ESXCLI
Theesxcli network ip dnscommandlistsandspecifiestheDNSconfigurationofyourESXihost.
I
MPORTANTInvSphere5.0,youcannotcreatedistributedvirtualswitcheswithESXCLI.
IMPORTANTYoucannotaddandremoveuplinkportswithESXCLI.
IMPORTANTIfyoutrytochangethehostordomainnameortheDNSserveronhoststhatuseDHCP,anerror
results.