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
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.
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Verify that you are familiar with iSCSI parameters. See “Listing and Seing iSCSI Parameters,” on
page 90.
Procedure
1 Determine the iSCSI adapter type and retrieve the iSCSI adapter ID.
esxcli <conn_options> iscsi adapter list
2 Congure the hardware initiator (HBA) by running esxcli iscsi networkportal ipconfig with one or
more of the following options.
Option Description
-A|--adapter=<str>
iSCSI adapter name (required)
-1|--dns1=<str>
iSCSI network portal primary DNS address
-2|--dns2=<str>
iSCSI network portal secondary DNS address
-g|--gateway=<str>
iSCSI network portal gateway address
-i|--ip=<str>
iSCSI network portal IP address (required)
-n|--nic=<str>
iSCSI network portal (vmknic)
-s|--subnet=<str>
iSCSI network portal subnet mask (required)
3 (Optional) Set the iSCSI name and alias.
esxcli <conn_options> iscsi adapter set --adapter <adapter_name> --name=<name>
esxcli <conn_options> iscsi adapter set --adapter <adapter_name> --alias=<alias>
4 Add a dynamic discovery address or a static discovery address.
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With dynamic discovery, all storage targets associated with a host name or IP address are
discovered. You can run the following command.
esxcli <conn_options> iscsi adapter discovery sendtarget add --address=<ip/dns[:port]> --
adapter=<adapter_name>
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With static discovery, you must specify the host name or IP address and the iSCSI name of the
storage target. You can run the following command.
esxcli <conn_options> iscsi adapter discovery statictarget add --address=<ip/dns[:port]>
--adapter=<adapter_name> --name=<target_name>
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