ESXCLI Commands
esxcli network Commands
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network diag ping |
Send ICMP echo requests to network hosts. |
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network ens lcore add |
Create ENS context. |
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network ens lcore list |
List ENS contexts. |
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network ens lcore remove |
Destroy ENS context. |
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network ens lcore affinity get |
Get the affinity for given ENS context. |
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network ens lcore affinity set |
Set affinity for given ENS context. |
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network ens lcore switch add |
Associate given ENS context with given switch. |
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network ens lcore switch get |
Get the switch associated with given ENS context. |
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network ens lcore switch remove |
Disassociate given ENS context from virtual switch. |
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network ens maxLcores get |
Get the maximum number of ENS contexts (lcores). |
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network ens maxLcores set |
Set the maximum number of ENS contexts. |
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network firewall get |
Get the firewall status. |
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network firewall load |
Load firewall module and rulesets configuration. |
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network firewall refresh |
Load ruleset configuration for firewall. |
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network firewall set |
Set firewall enabled status and default action. |
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network firewall unload |
Allow unload firewall module. |
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network firewall ruleset list |
List the rulesets in firewall. |
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network firewall ruleset set |
Set firewall ruleset status (allowedAll flag and enabled status). |
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network firewall ruleset allowedip add |
Add allowed ip address/range to the ruleset ruleset. |
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network firewall ruleset allowedip list |
list allowed ip addresses for rulesets. |
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network firewall ruleset allowedip remove |
Remove allowed ip address/range from the ruleset. |
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network firewall ruleset client add |
Add a new client to a firewall ruleset. This enables the firewall ruleset and increments the number of clients using the ruleset. |
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network firewall ruleset client get |
Show the number of clients using a firewall ruleset. |
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network firewall ruleset client 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. |
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network firewall ruleset rule list |
List the rules of each ruleset in firewall. |
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network ip get |
Get global IP settings |
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network ip set |
Update global IP settings |
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network ip connection list |
List active TCP/IP connections |
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network ip dns search add |
Add a search domain to the list of domains to be searched when trying to resolve an host name on the ESXi host. |
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network ip dns search list |
List the search domains currently configured on the ESXi host in the order in which they will be used when searching. |
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network ip dns search remove |
Remove a search domain from the list of domains to be searched when trying to resolve an host name on the ESXi host. |
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network ip dns server add |
Add a new DNS server to the end of the list of DNS servers to use for this ESXi host. |
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network ip dns server list |
Print a list of the DNS server currently configured on the system in the order in which they will be used. |
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network ip dns server remove |
Remove a DNS server from the list of DNS servers to use for this ESXi host. |
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network ip hosts add |
Add association of IP addresses with host names. |
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network ip hosts list |
List the user specified associations of IP addresses with host names. |
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network ip hosts remove |
Remove association of IP addresses with host names. |
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network ip interface add |
Add a new VMkernel network interface. |
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network ip interface list |
This command will list the VMkernel network interfaces currently known to the system. |
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network ip interface 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. |
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network ip interface set |
This command sets the enabled status and MTU size of a given IP interface |
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network ip interface ipv4 get |
List the IPv4 addresses assigned to VMkernel network interfaces. |
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network ip interface ipv4 set |
Configure IPv4 setting for a given VMkernel network interface. |
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network ip interface ipv4 address list |
List the IPv4 addresses assigned to VMkernel network interfaces. |
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network ip interface ipv6 get |
Get IPv6 settings for VMkernel network interfaces. This does not include the IPv6 addresses which can be found in the "address list" command. |
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network ip interface ipv6 set |
Configure IPv6 settings for a given VMkernel network interface. |
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network ip interface ipv6 address add |
Add a static IPv6 address to a given VMkernel network interface. |
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network ip interface ipv6 address list |
This command will list all of the IPv6 addresses currently assigned to the system |
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network ip interface ipv6 address remove |
Remove an IPv6 address from a given VMkernel network interface. |
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network ip interface tag add |
Adds a tag on a given VMkernel network interface. Supported tags are: Management, VMotion, faultToleranceLogging, vSphereReplication, vSphereReplicationNFC, vSphereProvisioning, VSAN, VSANWitness, vSphereBackupNFC, PrecisionTimeProtocol, NVMeTCP, NVMeRDMA |
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network ip interface tag get |
Gets the tags set on the given VMkernel network interface. |
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network ip interface tag remove |
Removes a tag on a given VMkernel network interface. |
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network ip ipsec sa add |
Add a Security Association. |
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network ip ipsec sa list |
List configured Security Associations |
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network ip ipsec sa remove |
Operation to remove Security Association(s) |
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network ip ipsec sp add |
Add a Security Policy. |
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network ip ipsec sp list |
List configured Security Policys |
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network ip ipsec sp remove |
Operation to remove Security Policy |
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network ip neighbor list |
List ARP table entries |
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network ip neighbor remove |
Remove ARP table entries |
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network ip netstack add |
Add a new Netstack Instance. |
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network ip netstack get |
Get runtime/configuration settings for a given Netstack Instance. |
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network ip netstack list |
This command will list the VMkernel Netstack instances currently known to the system. |
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network ip netstack remove |
Remove a new Netstack Instance. |
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network ip netstack set |
Configure settings for a given Netstack Instance. |
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network ip route ipv4 add |
Add IPv4 route to the VMkernel. |
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network ip route ipv4 list |
List configured IPv4 routes |
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network ip route ipv4 remove |
Remove IPv4 route |
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network ip route ipv6 add |
Add IPv6 route to the VMkernel. |
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network ip route ipv6 list |
List configured IPv6 routes |
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network ip route ipv6 remove |
Remove IPv6 route from the VMkernel |
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network multicast group list |
List all the multicast group members. |
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network nic down |
Bring down the specified network device. |
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network nic get |
Get the generic configuration of a network device |
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network nic list |
This command will list the Physical NICs currently installed and loaded on the system. |
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network nic set |
Set the general options for the specified ethernet device. |
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network nic up |
Bring up the specified network device. |
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network nic attachment add |
Attach one uplink as a branch to a trunk uplink with specified VLAN ID. |
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network nic attachment list |
Show uplink attachment information. |
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network nic attachment remove |
Detach a branch uplink from its trunk. |
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network nic coalesce get |
Get coalesce parameters |
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network nic coalesce set |
Set coalesce parameters on a nic |
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network nic coalesce high get |
Get information about the behavior of a NIC when it sends or receives packets at high packet rate. |
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network nic coalesce high set |
Set parameters to control the behavior of a NIC when it sends or receives packets at high packet rate. |
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network nic coalesce low get |
Get information about the behavior of a NIC when it sends or receives packets at low packet rate. |
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network nic coalesce low set |
Set parameters to control the behavior of a NIC when it sends or receives packets at low packet rate. |
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network nic cso get |
Get checksum offload settings |
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network nic cso set |
Set checksum offload settings on a nic |
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network nic dcb status get |
Get the DCB information for a NIC. |
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network nic eeprom change |
Change EEPROM on a nic |
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network nic eeprom dump |
Dump device EEPROM |
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network nic hwCap activated list |
List activated hardware capabilities of physical NICs. |
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network nic hwCap supported list |
List supported hardware capabilities of physical NICs. |
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network nic negotiate restart |
Restart N-Way negotiation on a nic |
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network nic pauseParams list |
List pause parameters of all NICs |
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network nic pauseParams set |
Set pause parameters for a NIC |
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network nic queue count get |
Get netqueue count on a nic |
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network nic queue count set |
Set number of netqueues on a nic |
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network nic queue filterclass list |
List the netqueue supported filterclass of all physical NICs currently installed and loaded on the system. |
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network nic queue loadbalancer list |
List the load balancer settings of all the installed and loaded physical NICs. (S:supported, U:unsupported, N:not-applicable, A:allowed, D:disallowed). |
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network nic queue loadbalancer set |
Enable/disable netqueue load balancer setting on a NIC. |
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network nic queue loadbalancer plugin list |
Details of netqueue balancer plugins on all physical NICs currently installed and loaded on the system |
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network nic queue loadbalancer plugin set |
Enable/disable netqueue balancer plugin on a NIC |
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network nic queue loadbalancer state list |
Netqueue balancer state of all physical NICs currently installed and loaded on the system |
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network nic queue loadbalancer state set |
Enable/disable netqueue balancer on a NIC |
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network nic register dump |
Dump device registers |
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network nic ring current get |
Get current RX/TX ring buffer parameters of a NIC |
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network nic ring current set |
Set current RX/TX ring buffer parameters of a NIC |
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network nic ring preset get |
Get preset maximums for RX/TX ring buffer parameters of a NIC. |
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network nic selftest run |
Run self test |
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network nic sg get |
Get scatter-gather settings |
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network nic sg set |
Set scatter-gatter settings on a nic |
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network nic software list |
List software simulation settings of physical NICs currently installed and loaded on the system. |
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network nic software set |
Enable and disable software simulation settings on a NIC. |
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network nic stats get |
Get NIC statistics for a given interface. |
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network nic tso get |
Get TCP segmentation offload settings |
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network nic tso set |
Set TCP segmentation offload settings on a nic |
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network nic vlan stats get |
List VLAN statistics for active VLAN's on the NIC. |
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network nic vlan stats set |
Enable/disable VLAN statistics collection on the NIC. |
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network port filter stats get |
Filter statistics for a given port. |
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network port stats get |
Packet statistics for a given port. |
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network sriovnic list |
This command will list the SRIOV Enabled NICs (PFs) currently installed and loaded on the system. |
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network sriovnic vf list |
Get the generic configuration of VFs for SRIOV NIC. |
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network sriovnic vf stats |
Get statistics for given VF of a SRIOV NIC. |
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network vm list |
List networking information for the VM's that have active ports. |
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network vm port list |
List of active ports for a given VM. |
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network vswitch dvs vmware list |
List the VMware vSphere Distributed Switch currently configured on the ESXi host. |
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network vswitch dvs vmware lacp config get |
Get LACP configuration on DVS |
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network vswitch dvs vmware lacp stats get |
Get LACP stats on DVS uplinks |
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network vswitch dvs vmware lacp status get |
Get LACP status on DVS |
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network vswitch dvs vmware lacp timeout set |
Set long/short timeout for vmnics in one LACP LAG |
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network vswitch standard add |
Add a new virtual switch to the ESXi networking system. |
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network vswitch standard list |
List the virtual switches current on the ESXi host. |
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network vswitch standard remove |
Remove a virtual switch from the ESXi networking system. |
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network vswitch standard set |
This command sets the MTU size and CDP status of a given virtual switch. |
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network vswitch standard policy failover get |
Get the failover policy settings governing the given virtual switch |
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network vswitch standard policy failover set |
Configure the Failover policy for a virtual switch. |
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network vswitch standard policy security get |
Get the Security Policy governing the given virtual switch. |
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network vswitch standard policy security set |
Set the security policy for a given virtual switch |
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network vswitch standard policy shaping get |
Get the shaping policy settings for the given virtual switch |
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network vswitch standard policy shaping set |
Set the shaping policy settings for the given virtual switch |
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network vswitch standard portgroup add |
Allows the addition of a standard port group to a virtual switch. |
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network vswitch standard portgroup list |
List all of the port groups currently on the system. |
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network vswitch standard portgroup remove |
Remove a port group from the given virtual switch |
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network vswitch standard portgroup set |
Set the vlan id for the given port group |
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network vswitch standard portgroup policy failover get |
Get the network failover policy settings governing the given port group |
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network vswitch standard portgroup policy failover set |
Configure the Failover policy for a port group. These setting may potentially override virtual switch settings. |
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network vswitch standard portgroup policy security get |
Get the Security Policy governing the given port group. |
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network vswitch standard portgroup policy security set |
Set the security policy for a given port group |
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network vswitch standard portgroup policy shaping get |
Get the network shaping policy settings governing the given port group |
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network vswitch standard portgroup policy shaping set |
Set the shaping policy settings for the given port group |
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network vswitch standard uplink add |
Add an uplink to the given virtual switch. Note if this virtual switch has a NIC teaming policy assigned to it then the policy must also be modified to enable use of this uplink on this virtual switch |
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network vswitch standard uplink remove |
Remove an uplink from the given virtual switch. Note if this virtual switch has a NIC teaming policy assigned to it then the policy must also be modified to disable use of this uplink on this virtual switch |
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