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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
vicfg-iscsi <conn_options> --iscsiname --alias <alias_name> <adapter_name>
4Addadynamicdiscoveryaddressorastaticdiscoveryaddress.
Thetwotypesoftargetdifferasfollows:
Withdynamicdiscovery,allstoragetargetsassociatedwithanIPaddressarediscovered.Runthe
followingcommand:
vicfg-iscsi <conn_options> --discovery --add --ip <ip_addr> <adapter_name>
Withstaticdiscovery,youmustspecifytheIPaddressandtheiSCSInameofthestoragetargettobe
added.Runthefollowingcommand:
vicfg-iscsi <conn_options> --static --add --ip <ip_addr>
--name <iscsi_name> <adapter_name>
Whenyoulaterremoveadiscoveryaddress,itmightstillbedisplayedastheparentofastatictarget.You
canlateraddthediscoveryaddressandrescantodisplaythecorrectparentforthestatictargets.
5 (Optional)SettheauthenticationinformationforCHAPbyrunningvicfg-iscsi -A.
Youcanset
theinformationforperadapter,perdiscovery,andpertargetCHAP.See“SettingiSCSI
CHAP”onpage 62and“EnablingiSCSIAuthentication”onpage 82.
vicfg-iscsi <conn_options> --authentication --level <level> --method <auth_method>
--chap_username
<auth_u_name>
--
chap_password <chap_password>
[
--
ip
<stor_ip_addr|stor_hostname> [:<portnum>] [-name <iscsi_name]]
<adapter_name>
Thetarget(-i)andname(-n)optiondeterminewhatthecommandappliesto.
MutualCHAPisnotsupportedforindependenthardwareiSCSIstorage.
6 (Optional)SetadditionaliSCSIparametersbyrunningvicfg-iscsi -W.
7Aftersetupiscomplete,callvicfg-rescantorescanallstorage
devices.
Listing and Setting iSCSI Options
YoucanlistandsetiSCSIoptionswithESXCLIorwithvicfg-iscsi.Youcanalsomanageparameters.See
“ListingandSettingiSCSIParameters”onpage 78.
Listing iSCSI Options with ESXCLI
Useesxcli iscsi informationretrievalcommandstolistexternalHBAproperties,informationabout
targets,andLUNs.Specifyoneoftheoptionslistedin“ConnectionOptionsforvCLIHostManagement
Commands”onpage 18inplaceof<conn_options>.
Runesxcli iscsi adapter firmwaretolistoruploadthefirmwarefortheiSCSIadapter.
esxcli <conn_options> iscsi adapter firmware get --adapter=<adapter_name>
esxcli <conn_options> iscsi adapter firmware set --file=<firmware_file_path>
Thesystemreturnsinformationaboutthevendor,model,description,andserialnumberoftheHBA.
Runcommandsintheesxcli iscsi adapter targetnamespace.
esxcli iscsi adapter target portallistsandsetsauthenticationandportalparameters.
esxcli iscsi adapter target listlistsLUNinformation.
Option Result
-iand‐n Commandappliestoper‐targetCHAPforstatictargets.
Only‐i Commandappliestothediscoveryaddress.
Neither-inor‐n Commandappliestoper‐adapterCHAP.