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
Option Description
--model
-M
Model string to set when adding the SATP claim rule. Can be the model name or a paern ^mod*,
which matches all devices that start with mod. That is, the paern successfully matches mod1 and
modz, but not mymod1.
The command supports the start/end (^) and wildcard (*) functionality but no other regular
expressions.
--transport
-R
Transport string to set when adding the SATP claim rule. Describes the type of storage HBA, for
example, iscsi or fc.
--vendor
-V
Vendor string to set when adding the SATP claim rule.
--satp
-s
SATP for which the rule is added.
--claim-option
-c
Claim option string to set when adding the SATP claim rule.
--description
-e
Description string to set when adding the SATP claim rule.
--option
-o
Option string to set when adding the SATP claim rule. Surround the option string in double quotes,
and use a space, not a comma, when specifying more than one option.
"enable_local enable_ssd"
--psp
-P
Default PSP for the SATP claim rule.
--psp-option
-O
PSP options for the SATP claim rule.
--type
-t
Set the claim type when adding a SATP claim rule.
The following examples illustrate adding SATP rules. Specify one of the options listed in “Connection
Options for vCLI Host Management Commands,” on page 19 in place of <conn_options>.
n
Add an SATP rule that species that disks with vendor string VMWARE and model string Virtual should
be added to VMW_SATP_LOCAL.
esxcli <conn_options> storage nmp satp rule add --satp="VMW_SATP_LOCAL" --vendor="VMWARE" --
model="Virtual" --description="VMware virtual disk"
n
Add an SATP rule that species that disks with the driver string somedriver should be added to
VMW_SATP_LOCAL.
esxcli <conn_options> storage nmp satp rule add --satp="VMW_SATP_LOCAL" --driver="somedriver"
n
Add a rule that species that all storage devices with vendor string ABC and a model name that starts
with 120 should use VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA.
esxcli <conn_options> storage nmp satp rule add --satp VMW_SATP_DEFAULT_AA --vendor="ABC" --
model="^120*
Removing SATP Rules
The esxcli storage nmp satp rule remove command removes an existing SATP rule. The options you
specify dene the rule to remove. The options listed for “Adding SATP Rules,” on page 106 are supported.
The following example removes the rule that assigns devices with vendor string VMWARE and model string
Virtual to VMW_SATP_LOCAL.
esxcli <conn_options> storage nmp satp rule remove --satp="VMW_SATP_LOCAL" --vendor="VMWARE" --
model="Virtual"
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