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)