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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
YoucanperformthesemaintaskswithSPs:
CreateanSPwithesxcli network ip ipsec add.Youidentifythedatatomonitorbyspecifyingthe
selector’ssourceanddestinationIPaddressandprefix,sourceportanddestinationport,upperlayer
protocol,directionoftraffic,actiontotake,andSPmode.ThelasttwooptionarethenameoftheSAto
useandthenameoftheSPthatisbeingcreated.Thefollowingexampleincludesextralinebreaksfor
readability.
esxcli network ip ipsec add
--sp-source=2001:0DB8:0001:/48
--sp-destination=2001:0DB8:0002:/48
--source-port=23
--destination-port=25
--upper-layer-protocol=tcp
--flow-direction=out
--action=ipsec
--sp-mode=transport
--sp-name sp_2
ListanSPwithesxcli network ip ipsec list.ThiscommandreturnsSPscurrentlyavailable.All
SPsarecreatedbytheadministrator.
RemoveanSPwithesxcli network ip ipsecremove.IftheSPisinusewhenyourunthiscommand,
thecommandcannotperformtheremoval.Youcanrunesxcli network ip ipsecremove
--removeallinsteadtoremovetheSPev enwhenitisinuse.
Managing the ESXi Firewall
Tominimizetheriskofanattackthroughthemanagementinterface,ESXiincludesafirewallbetweenthe
managementinterfaceandthenetwork.Toensuretheintegrityofthehost,onlyasmallnumberoffirewall
portsareopenbydefault.ThevSphereSecuritydocumentationexplainshowtosetupfirewallsfor
your
environmentandwhichportsyoumighthavetotemporarilyenableforcertaintraffic.
Youmanagefirewallsbysettingupfirewallrulesets.vSphereSecuritydocumentationexplainshowtoperform
thesetaskswiththevSphereWebClient.Youcanalsouseesxcli network firewalltomanagefirewall
rulesetsandtoretrieveinformationabout
them.Specifyoneoftheoptionslistedin“ConnectionOptionsfor
vCLIHostManagementCommands”onpage 18inplaceof<conn_options>.
To limit shell access
1CheckfirewallstatusandsshServerrulesetstatus.
esxcli <conn_options> network firewall get
Default Action: DROP
dir [in | out] flow-direction [in |
out]
Directioninwhichyouwanttomonitorthetraffic.Tomonitor
trafficinbothdirections,createtwopolicies.
action [none |
discard | ipsec]
action [none | discard
| ipsec]
Actiontotakewhentrafficwiththespecifiedparametersis
encountered.
none‐‐Takenoaction,thatis,allowtrafficunmodified.
discard‐‐Donotallowdatainorout.
ipsec‐‐
Usetheauthenticationandencryptioninformation
specifiedintheSAtodeterminewhetherthedatacomefrom
atrustedsource.
sp-mode [tunnel |
transport]
sp-mode [tunnel |
transport]
Mode,eithertunnelortransport.
sa-name sa-name NameoftheSAtousebythisSP.
vicfg-ipsec Option esxcli Option Description
CAUTIONRunningesxcli network ip ipsecremove --removeallremovesallSPsonyoursystem
andmightleaveyoursysteminaninconsistentstate.