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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
iSCSI Storage Setup with ESXCLI
You can set up iSCSI storage by using commands in the esxcli iscsi namespace.
You can also set up iSCSI storage by using the vSphere Web Client or vicfg-iscsi commands. See “iSCSI
Storage Setup with vicfg-iscsi,” on page 84.
Set Up Software iSCSI with ESXCLI
Software iSCSI setup requires a number of high-level tasks.
You should be familiar with the corresponding command for each task. You can refer to the relevant
documentation for each command or run esxcli iscsi --help in the console. Specify one of the options
listed in “Connection Options for vCLI Host Management Commands,” on page 19 in place of
<conn_options>.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you are familiar with iSCSI authentication. See “Enabling iSCSI Authentication,” on
page 94.
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Verify that you are familiar with CHAP. See “Seing iSCSI CHAP,” on page 72.
n
Verify that you are familiar with iSCSI parameters. See “Listing and Seing iSCSI Parameters,” on
page 90.
Procedure
1 Enable software iSCSI.
esxcli <conn_options> iscsi software set --enabled=true
2 Check whether a network portal, that is, a bound port, exists for iSCSI trac.
esxcli <conn_options> iscsi adapter list
3 If no adapter exists, add one.
Software iSCSI does not require port binding, but requires that at least one VMkernel NIC is available
and can be used as an iSCSI NIC. You can name the adapter as you add it.
esxcli <conn_options> iscsi networkportal add -n <portal_name> -A <vmhba>
4 (Optional) Check the status.
esxcli <conn_options> iscsi software get
The system prints true if software iSCSI is enabled, or false if it is not enabled.
5 (Optional) Set the iSCSI name and alias.
esxcli <conn_options> iscsi adapter set --adapter=<iscsi adapter> --name=<name>
esxcli <conn_options> iscsi adapter set --adapter=<iscsi adapter> --alias=<alias>
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