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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
Running svmotion in Interactive Mode 64
Running svmotion in Noninteractive Mode 64
Conguring FCoE Adapters 65
Scanning Storage Adapters 66
Retrieving SMART Information 66
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Managing iSCSI Storage 69
iSCSI Storage Overview 69
Discovery Sessions 70
Discovery Target Names 71
Protecting an iSCSI SAN 71
Protecting Transmied Data 71
Securing iSCSI Ports 72
Seing iSCSI CHAP 72
Command Syntax for esxcli iscsi and vicfg-iscsi 73
esxcli iscsi Command Syntax 74
Key to esxcli iscsi Short Options 74
vicfg-iscsi Command Syntax 75
iSCSI Storage Setup with ESXCLI 78
Set Up Software iSCSI with ESXCLI 78
Set Up Dependent Hardware iSCSI with ESXCLI 80
Set Up Independent Hardware iSCSI with ESXCLI 82
iSCSI Storage Setup with vicfg-iscsi 84
Set Up Software iSCSI with vicfg-iscsi 85
Set Up Dependent Hardware iSCSI with vicfg-iscsi 86
Set Up Independent Hardware iSCSI with vicfg-iscsi 87
Listing and Seing iSCSI Options 89
Listing iSCSI Options with ESXCLI 89
Seing MTU with ESXCLI 89
Listing and Seing iSCSI Options with vicfg-iscsi 89
Listing and Seing iSCSI Parameters 90
Listing and Seing iSCSI Parameters with ESXCLI 90
Returning Parameters to Default Inheritance with ESXCLI 92
Listing and Seing iSCSI Parameters with vicfg-iscsi 92
Returning Parameters to Default Inheritance with vicfg-iscsi 94
Enabling iSCSI Authentication 94
Enable iSCSI Authentication with ESXCLI 94
Enable Mutual iSCSI Authentication with ESXCLI 95
Enable iSCSI Authentication with vicfg-iscsi 96
Set Up Ports for iSCSI Multipathing 97
Managing iSCSI Sessions 98
Introduction to iSCSI Session Management 98
Listing iSCSI Sessions 98
Logging in to iSCSI Sessions 99
Removing iSCSI Sessions 99
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