ESXi - 6.7 network - Revision history

Tinker at 01:06, 11 February 2022

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	~~= network =~~
	Operations that pertain to the maintenance of networking on an ESX host. This includes a wide variety of commands to manipulate virtual networking components (vswitch, portgroup, etc) as well as local host IP, DNS and general host networking settings.<br>		Operations that pertain to the maintenance of networking on an ESX host. This includes a wide variety of commands to manipulate virtual networking components (vswitch, portgroup, etc) as well as local host IP, DNS and general host networking settings.<br>

Tinker at 21:23, 10 February 2022

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Tinker: /* uplink */

2022-02-10T09:54:15Z

uplink

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	* '''add'''		* '''add'''
	: Add an uplink to the given virtual switch. Note if this virtual switch has a NIC teaming policy assigned to it then the policy must also be modified to enable use of this uplink on this virtual switch		: Add an uplink to the given virtual switch. Note if this virtual switch has a NIC teaming policy assigned to it then the policy must also be modified to enable use of this uplink on this virtual switch
	:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard uplink add</code>		:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard uplink add '''CMD_OPTIONS'''</code>
			'''CMD_OPTIONS'''
			-u\|--uplink-name=<str>
			The name of the uplink to add to the virtual switch. (required)
			-v\|--vswitch-name=<str>
			The name of the virtual switch to add an uplink to. (required)

	* '''remove'''		* '''remove'''
	: Remove an uplink from the given virtual switch. Note if this virtual switch has a NIC teaming policy assigned to it then the policy must also be modified to disable use of this uplink on this virtual switch		: Remove an uplink from the given virtual switch. Note if this virtual switch has a NIC teaming policy assigned to it then the policy must also be modified to disable use of this uplink on this virtual switch
	:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard uplink remove</code>		:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard uplink remove '''CMD_OPTIONS'''</code>
			'''CMD_OPTIONS'''
			-u\|--uplink-name=<str>
			The name of the uplink to remove from the virtual switch. (required)
			-v\|--vswitch-name=<str>
			The name of the virtual switch to remove an uplink from. (required)

Tinker: /* portgroup */

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portgroup

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	The name of virtual switch to apply the configurations. (required)		The name of virtual switch to apply the configurations. (required)

	~~==== Ooga Booga Ooga Booga Ooga Booga Ooga Booga Ooga Booga Ooga Booga Ooga Booga Ooga Booga Ooga Booga ====~~
	==== policy ====		==== policy ====
	===== failover =====		===== failover =====

Tinker: /* policy */

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 * '''get'''
 : Get the failover policy settings governing the given virtual switch
-:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard policy failover get</code>
+:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard policy failover get '''CMD_OPTIONS'''</code>
 * '''set'''
 : Configure the Failover policy for a virtual switch.
-:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard policy failover set</code>
+:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard policy failover set '''CMD_OPTIONS'''</code>
 ===== security =====
 * '''get'''
 : Get the Security Policy governing the given virtual switch.
-:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard policy security get</code>
+:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard policy security get '''CMD_OPTIONS'''</code>
 * '''set'''
 : Set the security policy for a given virtual switch
-:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard policy security set</code>
+:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard policy security set '''CMD_OPTIONS'''</code>
 ===== shaping =====
 * '''get'''
 : Get the shaping policy settings for the given virtual switch
-:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard policy shaping get</code>
+:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard policy shaping get '''CMD_OPTIONS'''</code>
 * '''set'''
 : Set the shaping policy settings for the given virtual switch
-:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard policy shaping set</code>
+:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard policy shaping set '''CMD_OPTIONS'''</code>
 ==== portgroup ====

Tinker: /* standard */

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standard

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	-v\|--vswitch-name=<str>		-v\|--vswitch-name=<str>
	The name of virtual switch to apply the configurations. (required)		The name of virtual switch to apply the configurations. (required)

			==== Ooga Booga Ooga Booga Ooga Booga Ooga Booga Ooga Booga Ooga Booga Ooga Booga Ooga Booga Ooga Booga ====
			==== policy ====
			===== failover =====
			* '''get'''
			: Get the failover policy settings governing the given virtual switch
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard policy failover get</code>
			* '''set'''
			: Configure the Failover policy for a virtual switch.
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard policy failover set</code>

			===== security =====
			* '''get'''
			: Get the Security Policy governing the given virtual switch.
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard policy security get</code>
			* '''set'''
			: Set the security policy for a given virtual switch
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard policy security set</code>

			===== shaping =====
			* '''get'''
			: Get the shaping policy settings for the given virtual switch
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard policy shaping get</code>
			* '''set'''
			: Set the shaping policy settings for the given virtual switch
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard policy shaping set</code>

			==== portgroup ====
			* '''list'''
			: List all of the port groups currently on the system.
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup list</code>
			* '''add'''
			: Allows the addition of a standard port group to a virtual switch.
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup add</code>
			* '''remove'''
			: Remove a port group from the given virtual switch
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup remove</code>
			* '''set'''
			: Set the vlan id for the given port group
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup set</code>

			===== policy =====
			====== failover ======
			* '''get'''
			: Get the network failover policy settings governing the given port group
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup policy failover get</code>
			* '''set'''
			: Configure the Failover policy for a port group. These setting may potentially override virtual switch settings.
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup policy failover set</code>

			====== security ======
			* '''get'''
			: Get the Security Policy governing the given port group.
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup policy security get</code>
			* '''set'''
			: Set the security policy for a given port group
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup policy security set</code>

			====== shaping ======
			* '''get'''
			: Get the network shaping policy settings governing the given port group
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup policy shaping get</code>
			* '''set'''
			: Set the shaping policy settings for the given port group
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup policy shaping set</code>

			==== uplink ====
			* '''add'''
			: Add an uplink to the given virtual switch. Note if this virtual switch has a NIC teaming policy assigned to it then the policy must also be modified to enable use of this uplink on this virtual switch
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard uplink add</code>
			* '''remove'''
			: Remove an uplink from the given virtual switch. Note if this virtual switch has a NIC teaming policy assigned to it then the policy must also be modified to disable use of this uplink on this virtual switch
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard uplink remove</code>

Tinker: /* standard */

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standard

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	=== standard ===		=== standard ===
			* '''list'''
			: List the virtual switches current on the ESXi host.
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard list</code>
			* '''add'''
			: Add a new virtual switch to the ESXi networking system.
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard add '''CMD_OPTIONS'''</code>
			'''CMD_OPTIONS'''
			-P\|--ports=<long> The number of ports to to give this newly created virtual switch. Maximum
			ports per virtual switch is 4096. If no value is given the default
			value(128) is used. The number of ports is limited by the number of already
			allocated ports on the host. The system wide port count cannot be greater
			than 4608.
			-v\|--vswitch-name=<str>
			The name of the virtual switch to create. (required)

			* '''remove'''
			: Remove a virtual switch from the ESXi networking system.
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard remove '''CMD_OPTIONS'''</code>
			'''CMD_OPTIONS'''
			-v\|--vswitch-name=<str>
			The name of the virtual switch to remove. (required)

			* '''set'''
			: This command sets the MTU size and CDP status of a given virtual switch.
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch standard set '''CMD_OPTIONS'''</code>
			'''CMD_OPTIONS'''
			-c\|--cdp-status=<str> The CDP status of the given virtual switch. It can be 'down', 'listen',
			'advertise' or 'both'
			-m\|--mtu=<long> The MTU size of the given virtual switch.
			-v\|--vswitch-name=<str>
			The name of virtual switch to apply the configurations. (required)

Tinker: /* timeout */

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timeout

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	(required)		(required)
	-s\|--vds=<str> The name of VDS. (required)		-s\|--vds=<str> The name of VDS. (required)

			=== standard ===

Tinker: /* vswitch */

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vswitch

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	== vswitch ==		== vswitch ==
			=== dvs ===
			==== vmware ====
			* '''list'''
			: List the VMware vSphere Distributed Switch currently configured on the ESXi host.
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware list</code>

			===== lacp =====
			====== config ======
			* '''get'''
			: Get LACP configuration on DVS
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware lacp config get</code>

			====== stats ======
			* '''get'''
			: Get LACP stats on DVS uplinks
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware lacp stats get</code>

			====== status ======
			* '''get'''
			: Get LACP status on DVS
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware lacp status get</code>

			====== timeout ======
			* '''set'''
			: Set long/short timeout for vmnics in one LACP LAG
			:* <code>esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware lacp timeout set '''CMD_OPTIONS'''</code>
			'''CMD_OPTIONS'''
			-l\|--lag-id=<long> The ID of LAG to be configured. (required)
			-n\|--nic-name=<str> The nic name. If it is set, then only this vmnic in the lag will be
			configured.
			-t\|--timeout=<bool> Set long or short timeout: 1 for short timeout and 0 for long timeout.
			(required)
			-s\|--vds=<str> The name of VDS. (required)