6.5
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
Options Description
--type
-t
Type of round robin path switching to enable for this device. The following values for type are supported.
n
bytes: Sets the trigger for path switching based on the number of bytes sent down a path.
n
default: Sets the trigger for path switching back to default values.
n
iops: Sets the trigger for path switching based on the number of I/O operations on a path.
An equal sign (=) before the type or double quotes around the type are optional.
--useANO
-U
If set to 1, the round robin PSP includes paths in the active, unoptimized state in the round robin set. If set to
0, the PSP uses active, unoptimized paths only if no active optimized paths are available. Otherwise, the PSP
includes only active optimized paths in the round robin path set.
Managing SATPs
The esxcli storage nmp satp commands manage SATPs.
You can use these commands to perform the following tasks.
n
Retrieve and set conguration parameters.
n
Add and remove rules from the list of claim rules for a specied SATP.
n
Set the default PSP for a specied SATP.
n
List SATPs that are currently loaded into NMP and the associated claim rules.
The default SATP for an active-active FC array with a vendor and model not listed in the SATP rules is
VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA.
Retrieving Information About SATPs
The esxcli storage nmp satp list command lists the SATPs that are currently available to the NMP
system and displays information about those SATPs. This command supports no options and displays
information about these SATPs.
esxcli <conn_options> storage nmp satp list
The rule list command lists the claim rules for SATPs.
esxcli <conn_options> storage nmp satp rule list
Adding SATP Rules
Claim rules specify that a storage device that uses a certain driver or transport or has a certain vendor or
model should use a certain SATP. The esxcli storage nmp satp rule add command adds a rule that
performs such a mapping to the list of claim rules. The options you specify dene the rule. For example, the
following command species that if a path has vendor VMWARE and model Virtual, the PSA assigns it to the
VMW_SATP_LOCAL SATP.
esxcli <conn_options> storage nmp satp rule add --satp="VMW_SATP_LOCAL" --vendor="VMWARE" --
model="Virtual" --description="VMware virtual disk"
Option Description
--driver
-D
Driver string to set when adding the SATP claim rule.
--device
-d
Device to set when adding SATP claim rules. Device rules are mutually exclusive with vendor/model
and driver rules.
--force
-f
Force claim rules to ignore validity checks and install the rule even if checks fail.
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