esxcfg-vswitch

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

OPTIONS

-a -add

Add a new virtual switch to the system. It requires a virtual switch name to be provided.

-d -delete

Delete a virtual switch. This will fail if any ports on the virtual switch are still in use by VMkernel networks, vswifs, or VMs.

-l -list

List all virtual switches and their portgroups.

-L -link

Add an uplink to a virtual switch. This will attach a new unused physical NIC to a virtual switch.

-U -unlink

Remove an uplink from a virtual switch. This will remove a NIC from the uplink list of a virtual switch. If it is the last uplink, physical network connectivity for that switch will be lost.

-R -restore-uplinks

Restore uplinks for all virtual switches from config file. This will restore all uplinks for each virtual switch from configurtion file. INTERNAL USE ONLY.

-M -add-pg-uplink

Add an uplink to the list of uplinks for a portgroup

-N -del-pg-uplink

Delete an uplink from the list of uplinks for a portgroup

-P -add-dvp-uplink

Add an uplink to a DVPort on a DVSwitch. Must specify --dvp in the same commnad.

-Q -del-dvp-uplink

Delete an uplink from a DVPort on a DVSwitch. Must specify --dvp in the same commnad.

-p -pg

Provide the name of the portgroup. For the '--vlan' option, "ALL" can be specified to operate on all portgroups of a virtual switch.

-V -dvp

Provide the DVPort ID of a DVSwitch.

-v -vlan

Set the VLAN ID for a specific portgroup of a virtuals switch Using the option "0" will disable VLAN for this portgroup. Requires that the --pg option is also specified.

-c -check

Check to see if a virtual switch exists. The program prints a "1" if it exists; otherwise it prints "0".

-A -add-pg

Add a new portgroup to a virtual switch with the given name.

-D -del-pg

Delete a portgroup. This operation will fail if the portgroup is in use.

-C -check-pg

Check whether the specified name is in use for a portgroup. Prints "1" if the name is in use, prints "0" otherwise.

-B -set-cdp

Set the CDP status for a given virtual switch. To set pass one of "down", "listen", "advertise", "both".

-b -get-cdp

Print the current CDP setting for this switch.

-X -set-maxactive

Set the max active uplinks for the virtual switch.

-x -get-maxactive

Get the max active uplinks for the virtual switch.

-m -mtu

Set the MTU for the vswitch. This affects all the NICs attached to the vswitch.

-r -restore

Used at system startup to restore configuration. INTERNAL USE ONLY.

-h -help

Print a simple help message.

EXAMPLES

esxcfg-vswitch \fIOPTIONS [VSWITCH]\fR --add vSwitch1

Add a Portgroup to vSwitch0:

esxcfg-vswitch \fIOPTIONS [VSWITCH]\fR --add-pg="New Portgroup" vSwitch0  

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