ESXI - Base Commands

Dealing with EsXi CLI...

Show Interfaces and Subnet Masks

esxcli network ip interface ipv4 get

 Show Routes

esxcli network ip route ipv4 list

Show Interfaces

The command below will show the physical status of the interface including if the link is up, the MAC address, and speed of the interfaces :

esxcfg-nics -l

Or installed network adapters :

esxcli network nic list

Show Interfaces MAC Addresses

esxcli network ip interface list

Show Active Network Connections

esxcli network ip connection list

Show ARP Table

esxcli network ip neighbor list

Netcat in EsXi

The 'nc' or Netcat command in Linux is a networking utility for reading from and writing to network connections using TCP or UDP :

nc -w <timeout-in-seconds> -z <destination-ip> <destination-port>

Show DNS Search Domain

esxcli network ip dns search list
   DNSSearch Domains: example.net

Show DNS Server List

esxcli network ip dns server list
   DNSServers: 80.67.169.12, 80.67.169.40

Show VLAN

Type the following command in the console :

esxcfg-vswitch -l

Alternatively, in the vMA appliance, type the vicfg-vswitch command—the output is similar for both commands:

vicfg-vswitch –l

Show SNMP

esxcli system snmp get

Show Virtual Switches And Port Groups:

esxcli network vswitch standard list

Show Firewall Status and Rule Settings

esxcli network firewall get

esxcli network firewall ruleset list

Show SMART

List storage devices :

esxcli storage core device list

Get SMART score :

esxcli storage core device smart get -d naa.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX