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
The system returns information about the vendor, model, description, and serial number of the HBA.
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Run vicfg-iscsi -T | --target to list target information.
vicfg-iscsi <conn_options> -T -l <adapter_name>
vicfg-iscsi <conn_options> --target --list <adapter_name>
The system returns information about targets for the specied adapter, including the iSCSI name, in
IQN or EUI format, and alias. See “Discovery Target Names,” on page 71.
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Run vicfg-iscsi -L|--lun to list LUN information.
vicfg-iscsi <conn_options> -L -l <adapter_name>
vicfg-iscsi <conn_options> --lun --list <adapter_name>
The command returns the operating system device name, bus number, target ID, LUN ID, and LUN
size for the LUN.
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Run vicfg-iscsi -L with -t to list only LUNs on a specied target.
vicfg-iscsi <conn_options> -L -l -t <target_ID> <adapter_name>
vicfg-iscsi <conn_options> --lun --list --target_id <target_id> <adapter_name>
The system returns the LUNs on the specied target and the corresponding device name, device
number, LUN ID, and LUN size.
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Run vicfg-iscsi -p|--pnp to list physical network portal information for independent hardware iSCSI
devices. You can also use this option with --mtu.
vicfg-iscsi <conn_options> -p -l <adapter_name>
vicfg-iscsi <conn_options> --pnp --list <adapter_name>
The system returns information about the MAC address, MTU, and current transfer rate.
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Run vicfg-iscsi -I -l to list information about the iSCSI initiator. ESXi systems use a software-based
iSCSI initiator in the VMkernel to connect to storage. The command returns the iSCSI name, alias name,
and alias seable bit for the initiator.
vicfg-iscsi <conn_options> -I -l vmhba42
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Run vicfg-iscsi -p -M to set the MTU for the adapter. You must specify the size and adapter name.
vicfg-iscsi <conn_options> -p -M <mtu_size> <adapter_name>
vicfg-iscsi <conn_options> --pnp --mtu <mtu-size> <adapter_name>
Listing and Setting iSCSI Parameters
You can list and set iSCSI parameters for software iSCSI and for dependent hardware iSCSI by using
ESXCLI or vicfg-iscsi.
Listing and Setting iSCSI Parameters with ESXCLI
You can list and set iSCSI parameters for software iSCSI and for dependent hardware iSCSI by using
ESXCLI.
You can retrieve and set iSCSI parameters by running one of the following commands.
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