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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
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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Connect a port group with an uplink adapter.
vicfg-vswitch <conn_options> --add-pg-uplink <adapter_name> --pg <port_group> <vswitch_name>
This command fails silently if the uplink adapter does not exist.
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Remove a port group from an uplink adapter.
vicfg-vswitch <conn_options> --del-pg-uplink <adapter_name> --pg <port_group> <vswitch_name>
Setting the Port Group VLAN ID
You can set the port group VLAN ID with ESXCLI and with vicfg-vswitch.
Setting the Port Group VLAN ID with ESXCLI
You can use esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup set to manage VLANs.
VLANs allow you to further segment a single physical LAN segment so that groups of ports are isolated as
if they were on physically dierent segments. The standard is IEEE 802.1Q.
A VLAN ID restricts port group trac to a logical Ethernet segment within the physical network.
n
Set the VLAN ID to 4095 to allow a port group to reach port groups located on other VLAN.
n
Set the VLAN ID to 0 to disable the VLAN for this port group.
If you use VLAN IDs, you must change the port group labels and VLAN IDs together so that the labels
properly represent connectivity. VLAN IDs are optional.
You can use the following commands for VLAN management.
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Allow port groups to reach port groups located on other VLANs.
esxcli <conn_options> network vswitch standard portgroup set -p <pg_name> --vlan-id 4095
Run the command multiple times to allow all ports to reach port groups located on other VLANs.
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Disable VLAN for port group g42.
esxcli <conn_options> network vswitch standard portgroup set --vlan-id 0 -p g42
Run esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup list to list all port groups and associated VLAN IDs.
Setting the Port Group VLAN ID with vicfg-vswitch
You can use vicfg-vswitch to manage VLANs.
VLANs allow you to further segment a single physical LAN segment so that groups of ports are isolated as
if they were on physically dierent segments. The standard is IEEE 802.1Q.
A VLAN ID restricts port group trac to a logical Ethernet segment within the physical network.
n
Set the VLAN ID to 4095 to allow a port group to reach port groups located on other VLAN.
n
Set the VLAN ID to 0 to disable the VLAN for this port group.
If you use VLAN IDs, you must change the port group labels and VLAN IDs together so that the labels
properly represent connectivity. VLAN IDs are optional.
You can use the following commands for VLAN management.
n
Allow all port groups to reach port groups located on other VLANs.
vicfg-vswitch <conn_options> --vlan 4095 --pg "ALL" vSwitch2
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