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
The MTU is the size, in bytes, of the largest protocol data unit the switch can process. When you set this
option, it aects all uplinks assigned to the virtual switch.
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Set the CDP value for a vSwitch. You can set status to down, listen, advertise, or both.
esxcli <conn_options> network vswitch standard set --cdp-status=listen --vswitch-
name=vSwitch1
Setting Switch Attributes with vicfg-vswitch
You can set the maximum transmission unit (MTU) and CDP status for a virtual switch. The CDP status
shows which Cisco switch port is connected to which uplink.
Specify one of the options listed in “Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands,” on
page 19 in place of <conn_options>.
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Set the MTU for a vSwitch.
vicfg-vswitch <conn_options> -m 9000 vSwitch1
The MTU is the size, in bytes, of the largest protocol data unit the switch can process. When you set this
option, it aects all uplinks assigned to the virtual switch.
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Set the CDP value for a vSwitch. You can set status to down, listen, advertise, or both.
vicfg-vswitch <conn_options> --set-cdp 'listen'
Checking, Adding, and Removing Port Groups
You can check, add, and remove port groups with ESXCLI and with vicfg-vswitch
Managing Port Groups with ESXCLI
You can use esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup to check, add, and remove port groups.
Network services connect to vSwitches through port groups. A port group allows you to group trac and
specify conguration options such as bandwidth limitations and VLAN tagging policies for each port in the
port group. A virtual switch must have one port group assigned to it. You can assign additional port groups.
Specify one of the options listed in “Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands,” on
page 19 in place of <conn_options>.
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List port groups currently associated with a virtual switch.
esxcli <conn_options> network vswitch standard portgroup list
The command lists the port group name, associated virtual switch, active clients, and VLAN ID.
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Add a port group.
esxcli <conn_options> network vswitch standard portgroup add --portgroup-name=<name> --
vswitch-name=vSwitch1
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Delete one of the existing port groups.
esxcli <conn_options> network vswitch standard portgroup remove --portgroup-name=<name> --
vswitch-name=vSwitch1
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