Command-line management in vsphere 5.0 for service console users

Table 20. esxcfg-nics Replacement Commands (Continued)
esxcfg-nics Option ESXCLI Command Description
--list
-l
--speed
-s
esxcfg-rescan
The esxcfg-rescan command rescans the storage configuration. In vSphere 5, equivalent ESXCLI commands
are available.
In addition, ESXCLI supports several other rescan command. Run esxcli storage core adapter rescan
--help.
esxcfg-vmknic
network nic list
network nic get
network nic set
--speed=
Table 21. esxcfg-rescan Replacement Commands
List information about all the network adapters. Use network nic
get to list information about one specific adapter, for
example esxcli network nic get -n vmnic0
Set the speed at which a given network adapter should run. Valid
values for speed are 10, 100, 1000, or 10000.
esxcfg-rescan Option ESXCLI Command Description
-a|--add storage core adapter rescan
--type=add
-d|--delete storage core adapter rescan
--type=delete --adapter
Scan for added devices.
Scan removing dead devices
-A|--all storage core adapter rescan Scan all adapters. By default, the command
scans all adapters. You can specify individual
adapters by using the --adapter option.
-u|--update storage core adapter rescan
--type=update --adapter
Scan existing paths and update their state.
The esxcfg-vmknic command adds, deletes, and modifies VMkernel network interfaces. In vSphere 5,
equivalent ESXCLI commands are available.
Table 22. esxcfg-vmknic Replacement Commands
esxcfg- option ESXCLI Command Description
--add --ip
--netmask
network ip interface add Add a VMkernel NIC to the system.
When the command completes
successfully, the newly added VMkernel
NIC is enabled.
--delete network ip interface remove Remove a VMkernel NIC.
--disable -D network ip interface set
--interface-name=
--enabled=[true|false]
--dvs-name
-s
--dvport_id
Not supported.
Not supported.
The ESXCLI command enables or disables
the specified VMkernel NIC.