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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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2Listrouteentriestocheckthatyourroutewasaddedbyrunningthecommandwithoutoptions.
vicfg-route <conn_options>
Theoutputlistsallnetworksandcorrespondingnetmasksandgateways.
3Setthedefaultgateway.
ForIPv4,usethissyntax:
vicfg-route <conn_options> 192.XXX.0.1
or
vicfg-route <conn_options> -a default 192.XXX.0.1
ForIPv6,usethissyntax:
vicfg-route <conn_options> -f V6 -a default 2001:10:20:253::1
4Runvicfg-route --deletetodeletetheroute.Specifyfirstthegateway,andthenthenetwork.
vicfg-route <conn_options> -d 192.XXX.100.0/24 192.XXX.0.1
Setting Up IPsec
YoucansetInternetProtocolSecuritywithesxcli network ip ipseccommandsorwiththevicfg-ipsec
command.whichsecuresIPcommunicationscomingfromandarrivingatESXihosts.Administratorswho
performIPsecsetupmusthaveasolidunderstandingofbothIPv6and IPsec.
ESXihostssupportIPseconlyforIPv6traffic,butnotforIPv4
traffic.
Youcannotrunvicfg-ipsecwithavCenterServersystemasthetarget(usingthe--vihostoption).
Youcanrunesxcli network ip ipseccommandswithavCenterServersystemasatarget(usingthe
--vihostoption).
TheVMwareimplementationofIPsecadherestothefollowingIPv6RFCs:
4301SecurityArchitecturefortheInternetProtocol
4303IPEncapsulatingSecurityPayload(ESP)
4835CryptographicAlgorithmImplementationRequirementsforESP
2410TheNULLEncryptionAlgorithmandItsUseWithIPsec
2451TheESPCBC‐ModeCipherAlgorithms
3602TheAES‐CBCCipherAlgorithmandItsUsewithIPsec
2404TheUseofHMAC‐SHA‐1‐96withinESPandAH
4868UsingHMAC‐SHA‐256,HMAC‐SHA‐384,andHMAC‐SHA‐512
Using IPsec with ESXi
WhenyousetupIPseconanESXihost,youenableprotectionofincomingoroutgoingdata.Whathappens
preciselydependsonhowyousetupthesystem’sSecurityAssociations(SAs)andSecurityPolicies (SPs).
AnSAdetermineshowthesystemprotectstraffic.WhenyoucreateanSA,youspecifythesourceand
destination,authentication,andencryptionparameters,andanidentifierfortheSAwiththefollowing
options.
I
MPORTANTInESX/ESXi4.1,ESXi5.0,andESXi5.1,IPv6isbydefaultdisabled.YoucanturnonIPv6by
runningoneofthefollowingvCLIcommands:
esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface ipv6 set --enable-dhcpv6
esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface ipv6 address add
vicfg-vmknic <conn_options> --enable-ipv6