Retrieving Basic
Networking Information
Service console commands for retrieving
networking information are not included in the
ESXi Shell
. You can
instead use ESXCLI commands directly in the shell. For information corresponding to the Linux
ifconfig
command, use the following ESXCLI commands. esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface list esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface ipv4 get -n vmk<X> esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface ipv6 get -n vmk<X> esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface ipv6 address list
For information corresponding to
the Linux
netstat
command, use the following ESXCLI command.
esxcli <conn_options> network ip connection list
You can also ping individual
hosts with the
esxcli network
diag ping
command. The command includes options for using ICMPv4 or
ICMPv6 packet requests, specifying an interface to use, specifying the
interval, and so on.