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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 5 Managing iSCSI Storage
Table 5‐1,“SupportedLevelsforCHAP,”onpage 62listswhateachsupportedleveldoes.
Forexample:
esxcli <conn_options> iscsi adapter auth chap set --direction=uni --chap_username=<name>
--chap_password=<pwd> --level=preferred --secret=uni_secret --adapter=vmhba33
MutualCHAPisnotsupportedforindependenthardwareiSCSIstorage.
6 (Optional)SetiSCSIparameters.
See“ListingandSettingiSCSIParameters”onpage 78
7Aftersetupiscomplete,runesxcli storage core adapter rescan --adapter=<iscsi_adapter>
torescanallstorage
devices.
8Aftersetupiscomplete,performrediscoveryandrescanallstoragedevices.Forexample:
esxcli <conn_options> iscsi adapter discovery rediscover
esxcli <conn_options> storage core adapter rescan --adapter=vmhba36
iSCSI Storage Setup with vicfg-iscsi
YoucansetupiSCSIstorageusingthevSphereWebClient,commandsintheesxcli iscsinamespace(see
“iSCSIStorageSetupwithESXCLI”onpage 68)orthevicfg-iscsicommand.
Setting Up Software iSCSI with vicfg-iscsi
SoftwareiSCSIsetuprequiresanumberofhigh‐leveltasks.Foreachtask,seethediscussionofthe
correspondingcommand‐lineoptioninthischapterorthereferenceinformation.Specifyoneoftheoptions
listedin“ConnectionOptionsforvCLIHostManagementCommands”onpage 18inplaceof
<conn_options>.
1 Determine
theHBAtypeandretrievetheHBAID.
vicfg-iscsi <conn_options> --adapter --list
2EnablesoftwareiSCSIfortheHBA.
Adapter‐lev el
CHAP
esxcli iscsi adapter auth chap set --direction=uni
--chap_username=<name> --chap_password=<pwd>
--level=[prohibited, discouraged, preferred, required]
--secret=<string> --adapter=<vmhba>
Discovery‐level
CHAP
esxcli iscsi adapter discovery sendtarget auth chap set --direction=uni
--chap_username=<name> --chap_password=<pwd>
--level=[prohibited, discouraged, preferred, required]
--secret=<string> --adapter=<vmhba>
--address<sendtarget_address>
Target‐level
CHAP
esxcli iscsi adapter target portal auth chap set --direction=uni
--chap_username=<name> --chap_password=<pwd>
--level=[prohibited, discouraged, preferred, required]
--secret=<string> --adapter=<vmhba>
--name<iscsi_iqn_name>
Adapter‐lev el
parameters
esxcli iscsi adapter param set --adapter=<vmhba> --key=<key>
--value=<value>
Discovery‐level
parameters
esxcli iscsi adapter discovery sendtarget param set --adapter=<vmhba>
--key=<key> --value=<value>
--address=<sendtarget_address>
Target‐level
parameters
esxcli iscsi adapter target portal param set --adapter=<vmhba>
--key=<key> --value=<value> --address=<address>
--name=<iqn.name>