ESXi - 6.7 network

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.

diag

• ping

Send ICMP echo requests to network hosts.

• esxcli network diag ping CMD_OPTIONS

CMD_OPTIONS
 -c|--count=<long>     Specify the number of packets to send.
 -D|--debug            VMKPing debug mode.
 -d|--df               Set DF bit on IPv4 packets.
 -H|--host=<str>       Specify the host to send packets to. This parameter is required when not
                       executing ping in debug mode (-D)
 -I|--interface=<str>  Specify the outgoing interface.
 -i|--interval=<str>   Set the interval for sending packets in seconds.
 --ipv4                Ping with ICMPv4 echo requests.
 --ipv6                Ping with ICMPv6 echo requests.
 --netstack=<str>      Specify the TCP/IP netstack which the interface resides on
 -N|--nexthop=<str>    Override the system's default route selection, in dotted quad notation.
                       (IPv4 only. Requires interface option)
 -s|--size=<long>      Set the payload size of the packets to send.
 -t|--ttl=<long>       Set IPv4 Time To Live or IPv6 Hop Limit
 -W|--wait=<str>       Set the timeout to wait if no responses are received in seconds.

ens

lcore

• list

List ENS contexts.

• esxcli network ens lcore list

• add

Create ENS context.

• esxcli network ens lcore add ID

ID
 -l|--lcore-id=<long>  ENS context id to be created. (required)

• remove

Destroy ENS context.

• esxcli network ens lcore remove ID

ID
 -l|--lcore-id=<long>  ENS context id to be destroyed. (required)

affinity

• get

Get the affinity for given ENS context.

• esxcli network ens lcore affinity get ID

ID
 -l|--lcore-id=<long>  ENS context id. (required)

• set

Set affinity for given ENS context.

• esxcli network ens lcore affinity set ID NODE

ID
 -l|--lcore-id=<long>  ENS context id. (required)
NODE
 -a|--affinity=<long>  Numa node affinity. (required)

switch

• get

Get the switch associated with given ENS context.

• esxcli network ens lcore switch get ID

ID
 -l|--lcore-id=<long>  ENS context id. (required)

• add

Associate given ENS context with given switch.

• esxcli network ens lcore switch add ID SWITCH

ID
 -l|--lcore-id=<long>  ENS context id. (required)
SWITCH
 -s|--switch=<str>     Switch name. (required)

• remove

Disassociate given ENS context from virtual switch.

• esxcli network ens lcore switch remove ID

ID
 -l|--lcore-id=<long>  ENS context id. (required)

maxLcores

• get

Get the maximum number of ENS contexts (lcores).

• esxcli network ens maxLcores get

• set

Set the maximum number of ENS contexts.

• esxcli network ens maxLcores set MAXCORES

MAXCORES
 -n|--maxlcores=<long> Number of maximum ENS contexts to be assigned. (required)

firewall

• get

Get the firewall status.

• esxcli network firewall get

• set

Set firewall enabled status and default action.

• esxcli network firewall set PARAM

PARAM
    --enabled or --default-action

• refresh

Load ruleset configuration for firewall.

• esxcli network firewall refresh

• load

Load firewall module and rulesets configuration.

• esxcli network firewall load

• unload

Allow unload firewall module.

• esxcli network firewall unload

ruleset

• list

List the rulesets in firewall.

• esxcli network firewall ruleset list

• set

Set firewall ruleset status (allowedAll flag and enabled status).

• esxcli network firewall ruleset set LABEL CMD_OPTIONS

LABEL
 -r|--ruleset-id=<str>     The label of the ruleset. (required)
CMD_OPTIONS
 -a|--allowed-all=<bool>   Set to true to allowed all ip, set to false to use allowed ip list.
 -e|--enabled=<bool>       Set to true to enable ruleset, set to false to disable it.

allowedip

• list

list allowed ip addresses for rulesets.

• esxcli network firewall ruleset allowedip list

• add

Add allowed ip address/range to the ruleset ruleset.

• esxcli network firewall ruleset allowedip add LABEL RANGE

• remove

Remove allowed ip address/range from the ruleset.

• esxcli network firewall ruleset allowedip remove LABEL RANGE

LABEL
 -r|--ruleset-id=<str> The label of the ruleset. (required)
RANGE
-i|--ip-address=<str> Allowed ip address/range for the ruleset. (required)

client

• get

Show the number of clients using a firewall ruleset.

• esxcli network firewall ruleset client get LABEL

• add

Add a new client to a firewall ruleset. This enables the firewall ruleset and increments the number of clients using the ruleset.

• esxcli network firewall ruleset client add LABEL

• remove

Remove a client from a firewall ruleset. This decrements the number of clients using the ruleset and if the number reaches zero the ruleset is disabled.

• esxcli network firewall ruleset client remove LABEL

LABEL
 -r|--ruleset-id=<str> The label of the ruleset. (required)

rule

• list

List the rules of each ruleset in firewall.

• esxcli network firewall ruleset rule list

ip

• get

Get global IP settings

• esxcli network ip get

• set

Update global IP settings

• esxcli network ip set

Configure the VMkernel Adapter Gateway by Using esxcli Commands

connection

• list

List active TCP/IP connections

• esxcli network ip connection list

dns

search

• list

List the search domains currently configured on the ESXi host in the order in which they will be used when searching.

• esxcli network ip dns search list

• add

Add a search domain to the list of domains to be searched when trying to resolve an host name on the ESXi host.

• esxcli network ip dns search add DOMAIN NETSTACK

• remove

Remove a search domain from the list of domains to be searched when trying to resolve an host name on the ESXi host.

• esxcli network ip dns search remove DOMAIN NETSTACK

server

• list

Print a list of the DNS server currently configured on the system in the order in which they will be used.

• esxcli network ip dns server list

• add

Add a new DNS server to the end of the list of DNS servers to use for this ESXi host.

• esxcli network ip dns server add DOMAIN SERVER

• remove

Remove a DNS server from the list of DNS servers to use for this ESXi host.

• esxcli network ip dns server remove PARAM

DOMAIN
 -d|--domain=<str>     The string name of a domain to remove from the list of search domains.
                       (required)
NETSTACK
 -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, use the default netstack
                       instance
SERVER
 -s|--server=<str>     The IP address (v4 or v6) of the DNS server to add to the DNS server list.
                       (required)
PARAM
--all, --server

interface

• list

This command will list the VMkernel network interfaces currently known to the system.

• esxcli network ip interface list

• set

This command sets the enabled status and MTU size of a given IP interface

• esxcli network ip interface set CMD_OPTIONS

CMD_OPTIONS
 -e|--enabled=<bool>   Set to true to enable the interface, set to false to disable it.
 -i|--interface-name=<str>
                       The name of the interface to apply the configurations. (required)
 -m|--mtu=<long>       The MTU size of the IP interface.

• add

Add a new VMkernel network interface.

• esxcli network ip interface add CMD_OPTIONS

CMD_OPTIONS
 -P|--dvport-id=<str>  DVPort ID of the connection point. This requires
                       --dvs-name to be given in the same command
 -s|--dvs-name=<str>   DVSwitch name of the connection point. This requires
                       --dvport-id to be given in the same command
 -i|--interface-name=<str>
                       The name of the VMkernel network interface to create.
                       This name must be in the form vmkX, where X is a
                       number 0-255
 -M|--mac-address=<str>
                       Set the MAC address for the newly created VMkernel
                       network interface.
 -m|--mtu=<long>       Set the MTU setting for a given VMkernel network
                       interface on creation
 -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, use the
                       default netstack instance
 -p|--portgroup-name=<str>
                       The name of the vswitch port group to add this
                       VMkernel network interface to.

• remove

Remove a VMkernel network interface from the ESXi host. A VMKernel network interface can be uniquely specified by --interface-name or --portgroup-name or --dvs-name/--dvport-id. i.e. Providing its name or its connection point are two ways to uniquely specify a VMKernel network interface.

• esxcli network ip interface remove CMD_OPTIONS

CMD_OPTIONS
 -P|--dvport-id=<str>  DVPort ID of the connection point. This requires
                       --dvs-name to be given in the same command
 -s|--dvs-name=<str>   DVSwitch name of the connection point. This requires
                       --dvport-id to be given in the same command
 -i|--interface-name=<str>
                       The name of the VMkernel network interface to remove.
                       This name must be in the form vmkX, where X is a
                       number 0-255
 -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, use the
                       default netstack instance
 -p|--portgroup-name=<str>
                       The name of the vswitch port group to delete this
                       VMkernel network interface from.

ipv4

• get

List the IPv4 addresses assigned to VMkernel network interfaces.

• esxcli network ip interface ipv4 get

• set

Configure IPv4 setting for a given VMkernel network interface.

• esxcli network ip interface ipv4 set CMD_OPTIONS

CMD_OPTIONS
 -g|--gateway=<str>    The default gateway for this interface. The value must be a valid IPv4
                       address. Gateway would be reset if not provided
 -i|--interface-name=<str>
                       The name of the VMkernel network interface to set IPv4 settings for. This
                       name must be an interface listed in the interface list command. (required)
 -I|--ipv4=<str>       The static IPv4 address for this interface.
 -N|--netmask=<str>    The static IPv4 netmask for this interface.
 -P|--peer-dns=<bool>  A boolean value to indicate if the system should use the DNS settings
                       published via DHCPv4 for this interface.
 -t|--type=<str>       IPv4 Address type :
                           dhcp: Use DHCP to aquire IPv4 setting for this interface.
                           none: Remove IPv4 settings form this interface.
                           static: Set Static IPv4 information for this interface. Requires --ipv4
                       and --netmask options.

address

• list

List the IPv4 addresses assigned to VMkernel network interfaces.

• esxcli network ip interface ipv4 address list

ipv6

• get

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• esxcli network ip interface ipv6 get

• set

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• esxcli network ip interface ipv6 set

address

• list

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• esxcli network ip interface ipv6 address list

• add

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• esxcli network ip interface ipv6 address add

• remove

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• esxcli network ip interface ipv6 address remove

tag

• get

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• esxcli network ip interface tag get

• add

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• esxcli network ip interface tag add

• remove

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• esxcli network ip interface tag remove