ESXi 5.

0 Command Cheat Sheet

vSphere CLI vihostupdate.pl commands are no longer supported on ESXi 5.0 (vihostupdate
<conn_options> --nosigcheck --install --bundle <offline-bundle>.zip)

Esxupdate commands are no longer supported on ESXi 5.0

(esxupdate

--bundle=<offline-bundle>.zip update)

Qlogic Driver Installation/Removal

Note: Putty SSH session logged into ESXi 5.0 host as root:

# esxcli software vib install v /tmp/net-qlge-1.0.0.471vmw.500.0.0.406165.x86_64.vib # esxcli software vib remove -n

Removal Result Message: Dryrun only, host not changed. The following installers will be applied: [BootBankInstaller] Reboot Required: true VIBs Installed: VIBs Removed: VMware_bootbank_net-qlge_1.0.0.47-1vmw.500.0.0.406165 *Do not use the -dry-run if you intend to remove the driver.

net-qlge --dry-run*

Driver Version Queries:

# esxcli software vib get -n net-qlge
VMware_bootbank_net-qlge_1.0.0.47-1vmw.500.0.0.406165

# esxcli software vib get n scsi-qla2xxx

VMware_bootbank_scsi-qla2xxx_901.k1.1-14vmw.500.0.0.469512

# esxcli software vib get n scsi-qla4xxx

VMware_bootbank_scsi-qla4xxx_5.01.03.2-3vmw.500.0.0.469512

Firmware version Queries:

# esxcli network nic get -n vmnic2
Driver: qlge Firmware Version: v1.35.11 Version: v1.00.00.47-051711

Software Queries:
# esxcli software vib list | grep qla2xxx # esxcli software vib list | more # esxcli -help (or qla4xxx)

Hardware Queries
Note: Qlogic serial number is NOT listed in these commands

# esxcli fcoe adapter list # esxcli fcoe nic list # esxcli hardware memory get # esxcli hardware pci list # esxcli hardware cpu list # esxcli hardware bootdevice list # esxcli hardware clock get # esxcli hardware platform get

Network Queries
# esxcli network ip connection list # esxcli network nic list # esxcli network nic get -n vmnic2

# esxcli network nic set n vmnic2 # esxcli network vswitch standard list # esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup list # esxcli network vswitch standard policy shaping get v vSwitch0 # esxcli network vswitch standard policy security get -v vSwitch0 # esxcli network vswitch standard policy failover get -v vSwitch0

Network Commands
Set MTU to 9000 for vSwitchx:

# esxcli network vswitch standard set -m 9000 -v vSwitch0

Add a Standard vSwitch:

# esxcli network vswitch standard add -v vSwitch1

Add an Uplink to a Standard vSwitch

# esxcli network vswitch standard uplink add -u vmnic2 -v vSwitch1

Remove an Uplink from a Standard vSwitch

# esxcli network vswitch standard uplink remove -u vmnic2 -v vSwitch1

Bring network NIC down/up

# esxcli network nic down -n vmnic2 # esxcli network nic up -n vmnic2

Set NIC Speed and Duplex

# esxcli network nic set -S 10000 -D full -n vmnic2

Set NIC speed and Duplex to Auto-negotiate

# esxcli network nic set -a -n vmnic0

Storage Queries
# esxcli storage core adapter list
vmhba4 qla2xxx link-n/a fc.200000c0dd1077d9:210000c0dd1077d9 (0:2:0.2) QLogic Corp ISP81xxbased 10 GbE FCoE to PCI Express CAN vmhba5 qla2xxx link-n/a fc.200000c0dd1077db:210000c0dd1077db (0:2:0.3) QLogic Corp ISP81xxbased 10 GbE FCoE to PCI Express CNA

# esxcli storage core adapter stats get -a vmhba4 # esxcli storage core device list

Storage Commands
Rescan a specific adapter

# esxcli storage core adapter rescan --adapter vmhba4

Rescan All adapters

# esxcli storage core adapter rescan --all

List all Scsi paths in the system

# esxcli storage core path list

Get scsi statistics for all scsi paths

# esxcli storage core path stats get

List SCSI device statistics

# esxcli storage core device stats get

General Help esxcli --help Usage: esxcli [options] {namespace}+ {cmd} [cmd options]

Options: --formatter=FORMATTER Override the formatter to use for a given command. Available formatter: xml, csv, keyvalue

--debug --version -?, --help

Enable debug or internal use options Display version information for the script Display usage information for the script

esxcli Commands that operate on the esxcli system itself allowing users to get additional information. fcoe hardware configuring hardware. iscsi VMware FCOE commands. VMKernel hardware properties and commands for VMware iSCSI commands.

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. software storage Manage the ESXi software image and packages VMware storage commands.

system VMKernel system properties and commands for configuring properties of the kernel core system. vm A small number of operations that allow a user to Control Virtual Machine operations. # esxcli help