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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 Commands Available on Different ESXi Hosts
- Trust Relationship Requirement for ESXCLI Commands
- Using ESXCLI Output
- 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
- Detach a Device and Remove a LUN
- Reattach a Device
- Working with Permanent Device Loss
- Managing Paths
- Managing Path Policies
- Scheduling Queues for Virtual Machine I/O
- Managing NFS/NAS Datastores
- Monitor and Manage FibreChannel 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
- Set Up Ports for iSCSI Multipathing
- Managing iSCSI Sessions
- Managing Third-Party Storage Arrays
- Managing Users
- Managing Virtual Machines
- Managing vSphere Networking
- Introduction to vSphere Networking
- Retrieving Basic Networking Information
- Troubleshoot a Networking Setup
- 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
- Managing VMkernel Network Interfaces with ESXCLI
- Add and Configure an IPv4 VMkernel Network Interface with ESXCLI
- Add and Configure an IPv6 VMkernel Network Interface with ESXCLI
- Managing VMkernel Network Interfaces with vicfg-vmknic
- Add and Configure an IPv4 VMkernel Network Interface with vicfg-vmknic
- Add and Configure an IPv6 VMkernel Network Interface with vicfg-vmknic
- Setting Up vSphere Networking with vSphere Distributed Switch
- Managing Standard Networking Services in the vSphere Environment
- Setting the DNS Configuration
- Manage an NTP Server
- Manage the IP Gateway
- Setting Up IPsec
- Manage the ESXi Firewall
- Monitor VXLAN
- Monitoring ESXi Hosts
- Index
Managing Third-Party Storage Arrays 6
VMware partners and customers can optimize performance of their storage arrays in conjunction with
VMware vSphere by using VMware PSA (pluggable storage architecture). The esxcli storage core
namespace manages VMware PSA and the esxcli storage nmp namespace manages the VMware NMP
plug-in.
The vSphere Storage documentation discusses PSA functionality in detail and explains how to use the
vSphere Web Client to manage the PSA, the associated native multipathing plug-in (NMP), and third-party
plug-ins.
This chapter uses the following acronyms.
Acronym Meaning
PSA Pluggable Storage Architecture
NMP Native Multipathing Plug-in. Generic VMware multipathing module.
PSP Path Selection Plug-in. Handles path selection for a given device.
SATP Storage Array Type Plug-in. Handles path failover for a given storage array.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Managing NMP with esxcli storage nmp,” on page 101
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“Path Claiming with esxcli storage core claiming,” on page 108
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“Managing Claim Rules,” on page 110
Managing NMP with esxcli storage nmp
The NMP is an extensible multipathing module that ESXi supports by default. You can use esxcli storage
nmp to manage devices associated with NMP and to set path policies.
The NMP supports all storage arrays listed on the VMware storage Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) and
provides a path selection algorithm based on the array type. The NMP associates a set of physical paths with
a storage device (LUN). An SATP determines how path failover is handled for a specic storage array. A PSP
determines which physical path is used to issue an I/O request to a storage device. SATPs and PSPs are
plug-ins within the NMP.
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