Hi,
some more commands…
Capture Network Packets on the a physical interface
1 | pktcap-uw --uplink vmnic0 |
List all physical nic’s
1 | esxcli network nic list |
List kernel interfaces
1 | esxcfg-vmknic -l |
Create a n Kernel interface with a specfic MAC and IP Address and add it to a portgroup
1 2 | esxcfg-vmknic -a -i 192.168.254.3 -n 255.255.255.0 -M 01:12:34:56:78:90 -p PortGroupName esxcfg-vmknic -p PortGroupName -6 false |
Or with DHCP enabled
1 | esxcfg-vmknic -a -i DHCP -M 01:12:34:56:78:90 -p PortGroupName |
Delete an Kernel interface
1 | esxcfg-vmknic -d -p PortGroupName |
Show routing table
1 | esxcli network ip route ipv4 list |
Show arp cache
1 | esxcli network ip neighbor list |
List all vSwitches
1 | esxcli network vswitch standard list |
Change the physical uplink of an vSwitch
1 2 | esxcli network vswitch standard uplink remove -u vmnic0 -v vSwitch1esxcli network vswitch standard uplink add -u vmnic1 -v vSwitch1 |
Change the uplink priority of the physical adapters
1 | esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup policy failover set -p MyPortgroup --active-uplinks vmnic0 --standby-uplinks vSwitch1 |
List all portgroups
1 | esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup list |
Add a new portgroup at the vSwitch to which the Kernel Interface should connected
1 | esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup add -p "PG vMotion" -v vSwitch0 |
Set the VLAN id
1 | esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup set --vlan-id 0 -p "PG vMotion" |
Add a Kernel interface to the new Portgroup
1 | esxcfg-vmknic –a -i 192.168.254.5 -n 255.255.255.0 "PG vMotion" |
or, for example, recreating the vmk0 Kernel Interface
1 2 3 | esxcli network ip interface remove --interface-name=vmk0esxcli network ip interface add --interface-name=vmk0 -p "Management Network" -M 01:12:34:56:78:90esxcli network ip interface ipv4 set --interface-name=vmk0 --ipv4=192.168.254.5 --netmask=255.255.255.0 --type=static |
Set Interface as Management Network
1 | esxcli network ip interface tag add -i vmk0 -t Management |
Set Default Gateway
1 | esxcfg-route -a default 192.168.254.1 |
Michael