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
3 List information about all VMkernel network interfaces on the system.
esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface list
The command displays the network information, port group, MTU, and current state for each virtual
network adapter in the system.
Add and Configure an IPv6 VMkernel Network Interface with ESXCLI
You can add and congure an IPv6 VMkernel NIC by using ESXCLI.
Specify one of the options listed in “Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands,” on
page 19 in place of <conn_options>.
Procedure
1 Add a new VMkernel network interface.
esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface add --interface-name=vmk<x> --portgroup-
name=<my_portgroup>
You can specify the MTU seing after you have added the network interface by using esxcli network
ip interface set --mtu.
When the command nishes successfully, the newly added VMkernel network interface is enabled.
2 Run esxcli network ip interface ipv6 address add to congure the interface as an IPv6 interface.
You must specify the IP address using --ip and the name. For the following examples, assume that
VMSF-VMK-363 is a port group to which you want to add a VMkernel network interface.
esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface ipv6 address add --ip=<X:X:X::/X> --interface-
name=vmk<X>
You can set the address as follows.
n
<X:X:X::/X> - Static IPv6 address.
n
--enable-dhcpv6 - Enables DHCPv6 on this interface and aempts to acquire an IPv6 address from
the network.
n
--enable-router-adv - Use the IPv6 address advertised by the router. The address is added when
the router sends the next router advert.
The VMkernel supports DHCP only for ESXi 4.0 and later.
When the command nishes successfully, the newly added VMkernel network interface is enabled.
3 List information about all VMkernel network interfaces on the system.
esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface list
The command displays the network information, port group, MTU, and current state for each virtual
network adapter in the system.
4 (Optional) Remove the IPv6 address and disable IPv6.
esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface ipv6 address remove --interface-name=<VMK_NIC> --
ipv6=<ipv6_addr>
esxcli <conn_options> network ip set --ipv6-enabled=false
Managing VMkernel Network Interfaces with vicfg-vmknic
You can congure the VMkernel network interface for IPv4 or for IPv6.
For IPv4, see “Add and Congure an IPv4 VMkernel Network Interface with vicfg-vmknic,” on page 147.
For IPv6, see “Add and Congure an IPv6 VMkernel Network Interface with vicfg-vmknic,” on page 147.
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