VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 8.0

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Retrieving Basic Networking Information
Last Updated December 16, 2024

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.

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