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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
2 List the ports for one of the virtual machines by specifying its World ID.
esxcli network vm port list -w 10408
The command returns port information, as in the following example.
Port:
Port ID: XXXXXXXX
vSwitch: vSwitch0
Portgroup: VM Network
DVPort ID:
MAC Address: 00:XX:XX:aa:XX:XX
IP Address: 10.XXX.XXX.XXX
Team Uplink: vmnic0
Uplink Port ID: 12345678
Active Filters:
3 Retrieve the switch statistics for a port.
esxcli network port stats get -p 12345678
The command returns detailed statistics, as in the following example.
Packet statistics for port 12345678:
Packets received: 517631
Packets sent: 18937
Bytes received: 100471874
Bytes sent: 1527233
Broadcast packets received: 474160
Broadcast packets sent: 107
Multicast packets received: 8020
Multicast packets sent: 8
Unicast packets received: 35451
Unicast packets sent: 18822
Receive packets dropped: 45
Transmit packets dropped: 0
4 Retrieve the lter information for the port.
esxcli network port filter stats get -p 12345678
The command returns detailed statistics, as in the following example.
Filter statistics for dvfilter-test:
Filter direction: Receive
Packets in: 202080
Packets out: 202080
Packets dropped: 0
Packets filtered: 0
Packets faulted: 0
Packets queued: 0
Packets injected: 0
Packet errors: 0
5 Retrieve complete statistics for a NIC.
esxcli network nic stats get -n vmnic0
6 Get a per-VLAN packed breakdown on a NIC.
esxcli network nic vlan stats get -n vmnic0
The command returns the number of packets sent and received for the VLAN you specied.
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