ESXCLI Commands

esxcli hardware Commands

Command	Description	Options Help
hardware bootdevice list	List the boot device order, if available, for this host.	--help Show the help message.
hardware clock get	Display the current hardware clock time.	--help Show the help message.
hardware clock set	Set the hardware clock time. Any missing parameters will default to the current time.	--day | -d Day --hour | -H Hour --min | -m Minute --month | -M Month --sec | -s Second --year | -y Year --help Show the help message.
hardware cpu list	List all of the CPUs on this host.	--help Show the help message.
hardware cpu cpuid get	Get subset of CPUID fields for a CPU (deprecated, use: esxcli hardware cpu cpuid raw list).	--cpu | -c The ID of the CPU to query for CPUID data. (required) --help Show the help message.
hardware cpu cpuid raw list	Get all CPUID fields for a CPU.	--cpu | -c The ID of the CPU to query for all CPUID data. (required) --help Show the help message.
hardware cpu global get	Get properties that are global to all CPUs.	--help Show the help message.
hardware cpu global set	Set properties that are global to all CPUs.	--hyperthreading | -t Enable or disable hyperthreading (required) --help Show the help message.
hardware devicecomponent list	List all device components on this host.	--help Show the help message.
hardware dpu list	List all DPUs on the system.	--help Show the help message.
hardware ipmi bmc get	Get IPMI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) properties.	--help Show the help message.
hardware ipmi bmc set	Set IPMI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) properties. Changes take effect immediately.	--os-hostname | -H OS hostname that BMC will report. --os-name | -n OS name that BMC will report. --os-version | -v OS system version that BMC will report. --help Show the help message.
hardware ipmi fru get	Get IPMI Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) device details.	--ignore-missing | -i Do not fail command if ipmi device is not present --include-all-sensors | -a Include all SDR entries including those for entities that do not exist, or have no health state. --include-pretty-raw | -p Include a hex dump where each byte is separated by a space and its value is presented with two hexidecimal characters using a leading zero if needed --include-raw | -r Include a hex dump where the value of each byte is presented as hexidecimal characters joined without spaces --node | -n Specify which IPMI device (0..3) to query, defaults to 'all' for all ipmi nodes --help Show the help message.
hardware ipmi fru list	List IPMI Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) inventory.	--ignore-missing | -i Do not fail command if ipmi device is not present --include-all-sensors | -a Include all SDR entries including those for entities that do not exist, or have no health state. --include-pretty-raw | -p Include a hex dump where each byte is separated by a space and its value is presented with two hexidecimal characters using a leading zero if needed --include-raw | -r Include a hex dump where the value of each byte is presented as hexidecimal characters joined without spaces --node | -n Specify which IPMI device (0..3) to query, defaults to 'all' for all ipmi nodes --help Show the help message.
hardware ipmi sdr get	Get IPMI Sensor Data Repository (SDR) properties.	--ignore-missing | -i Do not fail command if ipmi device is not present --include-all-sensors | -a Include all SDR entries including those for entities that do not exist, or have no health state. --include-pretty-raw | -p Include a hex dump where each byte is separated by a space and its value is presented with two hexidecimal characters using a leading zero if needed --include-raw | -r Include a hex dump where the value of each byte is presented as hexidecimal characters joined without spaces --node | -n Specify which IPMI device (0..3) to query, defaults to 'all' for all ipmi nodes --help Show the help message.
hardware ipmi sdr list	List IPMI Sensor Data Repository.	--formatter | -f Override the formatter to use for a given command. Available formatter: simple ,table. --ignore-missing | -i Do not fail command if ipmi device is not present --include-all-sensors | -a Include all SDR entries including those for entities that do not exist, or have no health state. --include-pretty-raw | -p Include a hex dump where each byte is separated by a space and its value is presented with two hexidecimal characters using a leading zero if needed --include-raw | -r Include a hex dump where the value of each byte is presented as hexidecimal characters joined without spaces --node | -n Specify which IPMI device (0..3) to query, defaults to 'all' for all ipmi nodes --help Show the help message.
hardware ipmi sel clear	Clear IPMI System Event Log.	--ignore-missing | -i Do not fail command if ipmi device is not present --include-all-sensors | -a Include all SDR entries including those for entities that do not exist, or have no health state. --include-pretty-raw | -p Include a hex dump where each byte is separated by a space and its value is presented with two hexidecimal characters using a leading zero if needed --include-raw | -r Include a hex dump where the value of each byte is presented as hexidecimal characters joined without spaces --node | -n Specify which IPMI device (0..3) to query, defaults to 'all' for all ipmi nodes --help Show the help message.
hardware ipmi sel get	Get IPMI System Event Log (SEL) properties.	--ignore-missing | -i Do not fail command if ipmi device is not present --include-all-sensors | -a Include all SDR entries including those for entities that do not exist, or have no health state. --include-pretty-raw | -p Include a hex dump where each byte is separated by a space and its value is presented with two hexidecimal characters using a leading zero if needed --include-raw | -r Include a hex dump where the value of each byte is presented as hexidecimal characters joined without spaces --node | -n Specify which IPMI device (0..3) to query, defaults to 'all' for all ipmi nodes --help Show the help message.
hardware ipmi sel list	List IPMI System Event Log.	--ignore-missing | -i Do not fail command if ipmi device is not present --include-all-sensors | -a Include all SDR entries including those for entities that do not exist, or have no health state. --include-pretty-raw | -p Include a hex dump where each byte is separated by a space and its value is presented with two hexidecimal characters using a leading zero if needed --include-raw | -r Include a hex dump where the value of each byte is presented as hexidecimal characters joined without spaces --node | -n Specify which IPMI device (0..3) to query, defaults to 'all' for all ipmi nodes --help Show the help message.
hardware memory get	Get information about memory.	--help Show the help message.
hardware pci list	List all of the PCI devices on this host.	--class | -c Filter the PCI devices based on their hexadecimal Class ID --mask | -m Mask the filter provided by the class flag --help Show the help message.
hardware pci pcipassthru list	Display PCI device passthru configuration.	--help Show the help message.
hardware pci pcipassthru set	Configure PCI device for passthrough.	--apply-now | -a If this flag is present, the change takes effect immediately; otherwise the change takes effect after a host reboot. This flag causes the device to be unbound from its native driver andbound to the VMkernel's PCI passthrough driver(or vice-versa depending on the setting of the --enable parameter). --device-id | -d The bus ID of the PCI device (e.g., 0000:0a:00.1). (required) --enable | -e Enable or disable passthrough of the device. (required) --help Show the help message.
hardware platform get	Get information about the platform	--help Show the help message.
hardware power policy get	Display the current power policy.	--help Show the help message.
hardware power policy set	Set the power policy.	--id | -i Power policy numeric id --name | -n Power policy name --short-name | -s Power policy short name --help Show the help message.
hardware power policy choices list	List the power policies.	--help Show the help message.
hardware smartcard certificate list	Certificates from inserted smart cards.	--slot | -s List certificates from only the token in the given slot. --help Show the help message.
hardware smartcard info get	Information about the smart card subsystem.	--help Show the help message.
hardware smartcard slot list	Information about connected smart card readers.	--help Show the help message.
hardware smartcard token list	Information about inserted smart cards.	--slot | -s List tokens only for the given slot. --help Show the help message.
hardware smi get	Get the SMI count for a CPU.	--cpu | -c The ID of the PCPU to query for SMI count. (required) --help Show the help message.
hardware smi history get	Get the SMI history for a CPU.	--cpu | -c The ID of the PCPU to query for SMI history. (required) --help Show the help message.
hardware tpm tag clear	Clear the TPM's tag.	--help Show the help message.
hardware tpm tag get	Get the TPM's tag.	--help Show the help message.
hardware tpm tag set	Set the TPM's tag.	--data | -d The tag data to store in the TPM in hexadecimal byte encoding. Format: a string matching the regular expression [0-9a-fA-F]{1,1024}. (required) --help Show the help message.
hardware trustedboot get	Information about the status of trusted boot. (TPM, DRTM status)	--help Show the help message.
hardware usb passthrough device disable	Disable usb passthrough	--device | -d The device you wish to disable passthrough for. Please enter the Bus#,Dev#,vendorId and productId of the device in the format Bus#:Dev#:vendorId:productId using hexadecimal values(as shown by the list command) (required) --help Show the help message.
hardware usb passthrough device enable	Enable usb passthrough	--device | -d The device you wish to enable passthrough for. Please note that this command only makes the device eligible for passthrough. The device can be connected to the VM only if usbarbitrator is running. See /etc/init.d/usbarbitrator status to check the status of the usbarbitrator. Please enter the information of the device in the format Bus#:Dev#:vendorId:productId using hexadecimal values(as shown by the list command) (required) --help Show the help message.
hardware usb passthrough device list	List usb devices and their passthrough status	--help Show the help message.