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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
InnetworkenvironmentswhereaDHCPserverandaDNSserverareavailable,ESXihostsareautomatically
assignedDNSnames.
InnetworkenvironmentswhereautomaticDNSisnotavailableoryoudonotwanttouseautomaticDNS,you
canconfigurestaticDNSinformation,includingahostname,primarynameserver,
secondarynameserver,
andDNSsuffixes.
Theesxcli network ip dnsnamespaceincludestwonamespaces.
esxcli network ip dns searchincludescommandsforDNSsearchdomainconfiguration.
esxcli network ip dns serverincludescommandsforDNSserverconfiguration.
ThefollowingexampleillustratessettingupaDNSserver.Specifyoneoftheoptionslistedin“Connection
OptionsforvCLIHostManagementCommands”onpage 18inplaceof<conn_options>.
To set up a DNS Server
1PrintalistofDNSserversconfiguredonthesystemintheorderin
whichtheywillbeused.
esxcli <conn_options> network ip dns server list
IfDNSisnotsetupforthetargetserver,thecommandreturnsanemptystring.
2Addaserverbyrunningesxcli network ip dns server addandspecifyingtheserverIPv4address
orIPv6address.
esxcli <conn_options> network ip dns server add --server=<str>
3 Changethesettingswithesxcli network ip dns.
SpecifytheDNSserverusingthe--dnsoptionandtheDNShost.
esxcli <conn_options> network ip dns server add --server=<server>
RunthecommandmultipletimestospecifymultipleDNShosts.
ConfiguretheDNShostnamefortheserverspecifiedby--server(or--vihost).
esxcli <conn_options> system hostname set --host=<new_host_name>
ConfiguretheDNSdomainnamefortheserverspecifiedby--server(or--vihost).
esxcli <conn_options> system hostname --domain=mydomain.biz
4ToturnonDHCP,enableDHCPandsettheVMkernelNIC.
TurnonDHCPforIPv4
esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface ipv4 set --type dhcp/none/static
esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface ipv4 set --peer-dns=<str>
TurnonDHCPforIPv6
esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface ipv6 set --enable-dhcpv6=true/false
esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface ipv6 set --peer-dns=<str>
To modify DNS setup for a preconfigured server
1DisplayDNSpropertiesforthespecifiedserverasfollows:
Listthehostanddomainname.
esxcli <conn_options> system hostname get
ListavailableDNSservers
esxcli <conn_options> network ip dns server list
ListtheDHCPsettingsforindividualVMkernelNICs.
esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface ipv4 get
esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface ipv6 get