ESXi - 6.7 esxcli hardware

VMKernel hardware properties and commands for configuring hardware.

bootdevice

• list

List the boot device order, if available, for this host.

• esxcli hardware bootdevice list

clock

• get

Disply the current hardware clock time.

• esxcli hardware clock get

set

Set the hardware clock time. Any missing parameters will default to the current time.

• esxcli hardware clock set TIME

TIME
You must specify one of year, month, day, hour, minute or second

cpu

• list

List all of the CPUs on this host.

• esxcli hardware cpu list

cpuid

• get

Get subset of CPUID fields for a CPU (deprecated, use: esxcli hardware cpu cpuid raw list).

• esxcli hardware cpu cpuid get CPUID

raw

• list

Get all CPUID fields for a CPU.

• esxcli hardware cpu cpuid raw list CPUID

global

• get

Get properties that are global to all CPUs.

• esxcli hardware cpu global get

set

Set properties that are global to all CPUs.

• esxcli hardware cpu global set HYPERTHREADING

CPUID
 -c|--cpu=<long>       The ID of the CPU to query for CPUID data. (required)
HYPERTHREADING
 -t|--hyperthreading=<bool>
                       Enable or disable hyperthreading (required)

ipmi

bmc

• get

Get IPMI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) properties.

• esxcli hardware ipmi bmc get

set

Set IPMI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) properties. Changes take effect immediately.

• esxcli hardware ipmi bmc set

fru

• get

Get IPMI Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) device details.

• esxcli hardware ipmi fru get

list

List IPMI Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) inventory.

• esxcli hardware ipmi fru list

sdr

• get

Get IPMI Sensor Data Repository (SDR) properties.

• esxcli hardware ipmi sdr get

list

List IPMI Sensor Data Repository.

• esxcli hardware ipmi sdr list

sel

• clear

Clear IPMI System Event Log.

• esxcli hardware ipmi sel clear

get

Get IPMI System Event Log (SEL) properties.

• esxcli hardware ipmi sel get

list

List IPMI System Event Log.

• esxcli hardware ipmi sel list

memory

• get

Get information about memory.

• esxcli hardware memory get

pci

• list

List all of the PCI devices on this host.

• esxcli hardware pci list

platform

• get

Get information about the platform

• esxcli hardware platform get

power

• get

Display the current power policy.

• esxcli hardware power policy get

set

Set the power policy.

• esxcli hardware power policy set CHOICE

choices

• list

List the power policies.

• esxcli hardware power policy choices list

CHOICE
 -i|--id=<long>        Power policy numeric id
 -n|--name=<str>       Power policy name
 -s|--short-name=<str> Power policy short name

smartcard

certificate

• list

Certificates from inserted smart cards.

• esxcli hardware smartcard certificate list

info

• get

Information about the smart card subsystem.

• esxcli hardware smartcard info get

slot

• list

Information about connected smart card readers.

• esxcli hardware smartcard slot list

token

• list

Information about inserted smart cards.

• esxcli hardware smartcard token list

tpm

tag

• get

Get the TPM's tag (from index 0x40000010).

• esxcli hardware tpm tag get

set

Set the TPM's tag (at index 0x40000010).

• esxcli hardware tpm tag set DATA

clear

Clear the TPM's tag (at index 0x40000010).

• esxcli hardware tpm tag clear

DATA
 -d|--data=<str>       The tag data to store in the TPM (with hexadecimal byte encoding).
                       (required)

trustedboot

• get

Information about the status of trusted boot. (TPM, DRTM status)

• esxcli hardware trustedboot get

usb

passthrough

device

• list

List usb devices and their passthrough status

• esxcli hardware usb passthrough device list

disable

Disable usb passthrough

• esxcli hardware usb passthrough device disable DEVICE

enable

Enable usb passthrough

• esxcli hardware usb passthrough device enable DEVICE

DEVICE
 -d|--device=<str>     The device you wish to enable/disable passthrough for.

                       Please enter the information of the device in the format
                       Bus#:Dev#:vendorId:productId using hexadecimal values(as shown by the list
                       command) (required)

                       Please note that the enable command only makes the device eligible for passthrough.
                       The device can be connected to the VM only if usbarbitrator is running. See
                       /etc/init.d/usbarbitrator status  to check the status of the usbarbitrator.