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
Examining LUNs with esxcli storage core
You can use esxcli storage core to display information about available LUNs on ESXi 5.0.
You can run one of the following commands to examine LUNs. Specify one of the connection options listed
in “Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands,” on page 19 in place of <conn_options>.
n
List all logical devices known on this system with detailed information.
esxcli <conn_options> storage core device list
The command lists device information for all logical devices on this system. The information includes
the name (UUID), device type, display name, and multipathing plugin. Specify the --device option to
only list information about a specic device. See “Storage Device Naming,” on page 44 for background
information.
naa.5000c50037b3967e
Display Name: <name> (naa.5000c50037b3967e)
Has Settable Display Name: true
Size: 953869
Device Type: Direct-Access
...
naa.500000e014e7a4e0
Display Name: <name> (naa.500000e014e7a4e0)
Has Settable Display Name: true
Size: 70007
Device Type: Direct-Access
...
mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0
Display Name: Local <name> CD-ROM (mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0)
Has Settable Display Name: false
Size: 0
Device Type: CD-ROM
n
List a specic logical device with its detailed information.
esxcli <conn_options> storage core device list -d mpx.vmhba32:C0:T1:L0
n
List all device unique identiers.
esxcli <conn_options> storage core device list
The command lists the primary UID for each device, such as naa.xxx or other primary name, and any
other UIDs for each UID (VML name). You can specify --device to only list information for a specic
device.
n
Print mappings for VMFS volumes to the corresponding partition, path to that partition, VMFS UUID,
extent number, and volume names.
esxcli <conn_option> storage filesystem list
n
Print HBA devices with identifying information.
esxcli <conn_options> storage core adapter list
The return value includes adapter and UID information.
n
Print a mapping between HBAs and the devices it provides paths to.
esxcli <conn_options> storage core path list
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