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ESXi 5.5 - ESXCLI Command Reference

ESXCLI is the most powerful command line tool on an ESXi host. You may need it for troubleshooting, configuration or for ESXi installations by using a kickstart file. I'm having this command line reference on my desktop since a couple of month and I am using it quite often. Maybe someone else is able to make use of it too. It's a collection of help pages from all esxcli commands.

Download: esxcli-550-command-reference.txt

Usage: esxcli device alias get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Display hardware location info for a device alias.

Cmd options:
  -n|--alias=<str>      Alias to lookup (required)



Usage: esxcli device alias list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List device aliases.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli esxcli command list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  This command will list all of the esxcli commands with
                        their namespace, object, command name and description.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli fcoe adapter list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List FCOE-capable CNA devices.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli fcoe nic disable [cmd options]

Description: 
  disable               Disable rediscovery of FCOE storage on behalf of an
                        FCOE-capable CNA upon next boot.

Cmd options:
  -n|--nic-name=<str>   The CNA adapter name (vmnicX) (required)



Usage: esxcli fcoe nic discover [cmd options]

Description: 
  discover              Initiate FCOE adapter discovery on behalf of an FCOE-
                        capable CNA.

Cmd options:
  -n|--nic-name=<str>   The CNA adapter name (vmnicX) (required)



Usage: esxcli fcoe nic list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List FCOE-capable CNA devices.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli graphics device list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List all of the graphics devices on this host.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli graphics vm list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List active VMs associated with graphics devices.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli hardware bootdevice list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the boot device order, if available, for this
                        host.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli hardware clock get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Disply the current hardware clock time.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli hardware clock set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the hardware clock time. Any missing parameters
                        will default to the current time.

Cmd options:
  -d|--day=<long>       Day
  -H|--hour=<long>      Hour
  -m|--min=<long>       Minute
  -M|--month=<long>     Month
  -s|--sec=<long>       Second
  -y|--year=<long>      Year



Usage: esxcli hardware cpu cpuid get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get CPUID fields for the given CPU.

Cmd options:
  -c|--cpu=<long>       The ID of the CPU to query for CPUID data (required)



Usage: esxcli hardware cpu global get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get properties that are global to all CPUs.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli hardware cpu global set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set properties that are global to all CPUs.

Cmd options:
  -t|--hyperthreading   Enable or disable hyperthreading (required)



Usage: esxcli hardware cpu list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List all of the CPUs on this host.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli hardware ipmi fru get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get IPMI Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) device details.

Cmd options:
  -i|--ignore-missing   Do not fail command if ipmi device is not present
  -p|--include-pretty-raw
                        Include a hex dump where each byte is separated by a
                        space and its value is presented with two hexidecimal
                        characters using a leading zero if needed
  -r|--include-raw      Include a hex dump where the value of each byte is
                        presented as hexidecimal characters joined without
                        spaces
  -n|--node=<str>       Specify which IPMI device (0..3) to query, defaults to
                        'all' for all ipmi nodes



Usage: esxcli hardware ipmi fru list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List IPMI Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) inventory.

Cmd options:
  -i|--ignore-missing   Do not fail command if ipmi device is not present
  -p|--include-pretty-raw
                        Include a hex dump where each byte is separated by a
                        space and its value is presented with two hexidecimal
                        characters using a leading zero if needed
  -r|--include-raw      Include a hex dump where the value of each byte is
                        presented as hexidecimal characters joined without
                        spaces
  -n|--node=<str>       Specify which IPMI device (0..3) to query, defaults to
                        'all' for all ipmi nodes



Usage: esxcli hardware ipmi sdr get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get IPMI Sensor Data Repository (SDR) properties.

Cmd options:
  -i|--ignore-missing   Do not fail command if ipmi device is not present
  -p|--include-pretty-raw
                        Include a hex dump where each byte is separated by a
                        space and its value is presented with two hexidecimal
                        characters using a leading zero if needed
  -r|--include-raw      Include a hex dump where the value of each byte is
                        presented as hexidecimal characters joined without
                        spaces
  -n|--node=<str>       Specify which IPMI device (0..3) to query, defaults to
                        'all' for all ipmi nodes



Usage: esxcli hardware ipmi sdr list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List IPMI Sensor Data Repository.

Cmd options:
  -f|--formatter=<str>  Override the formatter to use for a given command.
                        Available formatter: simple ,table
  -i|--ignore-missing   Do not fail command if ipmi device is not present
  -p|--include-pretty-raw
                        Include a hex dump where each byte is separated by a
                        space and its value is presented with two hexidecimal
                        characters using a leading zero if needed
  -r|--include-raw      Include a hex dump where the value of each byte is
                        presented as hexidecimal characters joined without
                        spaces
  -n|--node=<str>       Specify which IPMI device (0..3) to query, defaults to
                        'all' for all ipmi nodes



Usage: esxcli hardware ipmi sel clear [cmd options]

Description: 
  clear                 Clear IPMI System Event Log.

Cmd options:
  -i|--ignore-missing   Do not fail command if ipmi device is not present
  -p|--include-pretty-raw
                        Include a hex dump where each byte is separated by a
                        space and its value is presented with two hexidecimal
                        characters using a leading zero if needed
  -r|--include-raw      Include a hex dump where the value of each byte is
                        presented as hexidecimal characters joined without
                        spaces
  -n|--node=<str>       Specify which IPMI device (0..3) to query, defaults to
                        'all' for all ipmi nodes



Usage: esxcli hardware ipmi sel get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get IPMI System Event Log (SEL) properties.

Cmd options:
  -i|--ignore-missing   Do not fail command if ipmi device is not present
  -p|--include-pretty-raw
                        Include a hex dump where each byte is separated by a
                        space and its value is presented with two hexidecimal
                        characters using a leading zero if needed
  -r|--include-raw      Include a hex dump where the value of each byte is
                        presented as hexidecimal characters joined without
                        spaces
  -n|--node=<str>       Specify which IPMI device (0..3) to query, defaults to
                        'all' for all ipmi nodes



Usage: esxcli hardware ipmi sel list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List IPMI System Event Log.

Cmd options:
  -i|--ignore-missing   Do not fail command if ipmi device is not present
  -p|--include-pretty-raw
                        Include a hex dump where each byte is separated by a
                        space and its value is presented with two hexidecimal
                        characters using a leading zero if needed
  -r|--include-raw      Include a hex dump where the value of each byte is
                        presented as hexidecimal characters joined without
                        spaces
  -n|--node=<str>       Specify which IPMI device (0..3) to query, defaults to
                        'all' for all ipmi nodes



Usage: esxcli hardware memory get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get information about memory.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli hardware pci list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List all of the PCI devices on this host.

Cmd options:
  -c|--class=<str>      Filter the PCI devices based on their hexadecimal
                        Class ID
  -m|--mask=<str>       Mask the filter provided by the class flag



Usage: esxcli hardware platform get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get information about the platform

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli hardware trustedboot get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Information about the status of trusted boot. (TPM,
                        DRTM status)

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter auth chap get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get the iSCSI CHAP authentication for the iSCSI Host
                        Bus Adapter.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -d|--direction=<str>  The iSCSI CHAP authentication direction ( [uni,
                        mutual])



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter auth chap set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the iSCSI CHAP authentication for the iSCSI Host
                        Bus Adapter.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -N|--authname=<str>   The iSCSI CHAP authentication name
  -D|--default          Resetting iSCSI CHAP authenthication setting to
                        default.
  -d|--direction=<str>  The iSCSI CHAP authentication direction ( [uni,
                        mutual])
  -l|--level=<str>      The iSCSI CHAP authentication level ( [prohibited,
                        discouraged, preferred, required])
  -S|--secret=<str>     The iSCSI CHAP authentication secret



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter capabilities get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   List the iSCSI details for the iSCSI Host Bus Adapter.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter discovery rediscover [cmd options]

Description: 
  rediscover            Do the iSCSI Discovery for the iSCSI Host Bus Adapter.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter discovery sendtarget add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Add a sendtarget address

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -a|--address=<str>    The iSCSI sendtarget address: <ip/dns[:port]>
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter discovery sendtarget auth chap get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get iSCSI CHAP authentication on a sendtarget address

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -a|--address=<str>    The iSCSI sendtarget address: <ip/dns[:port]>
                        (required)
  -d|--direction=<str>  The iSCSI authentication direction ( [uni, mutual])



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter discovery sendtarget auth chap set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set iSCSI CHAP authentication on a sendtarget address

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -a|--address=<str>    The iSCSI sendtarget address: <ip/dns[:port]>
                        (required)
  -N|--authname=<str>   The iSCSI authentication name
  -D|--default          Resetting iSCSI authentication setting to default.
  -d|--direction=<str>  The iSCSI authentication direction ( [uni, mutual])
  -I|--inherit          Inheriting iSCSI authentication setting from parent.
  -l|--level=<str>      The iSCSI authentication level ( [prohibited,
                        discouraged, preferred, required])
  -S|--secret=<str>     The iSCSI authentication secret



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter discovery sendtarget list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List sendtarget addresses

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name.



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter discovery sendtarget param get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get iSCSI parameter on a sendtarget address

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -a|--address=<str>    The iSCSI sendtarget address: <ip/dns[:port]>
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter discovery sendtarget param set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the iSCSI parameter for the iSCSI Sendtarget.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -a|--address=<str>    The iSCSI sendtarget address: <ip/dns[:port]>
                        (required)
  -D|--default          Resetting iSCSI parameter setting to default.
  -I|--inherit          Inheriting iSCSI parameter setting from parent.
  -k|--key=<str>        The iSCSI parameter key (required)
  -v|--value=<str>      The iSCSI parameter value



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter discovery sendtarget remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Remove a sendtarget address

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -a|--address=<str>    The iSCSI sendtarget address: <ip/dns[:port]>
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter discovery statictarget add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Add a static target address

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -a|--address=<str>    The iSCSI target address: <ip/dns[:port]> (required)
  -n|--name=<str>       The iSCSI target name. (required)



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter discovery statictarget list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List static target addresses

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name.



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter discovery statictarget remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Remove a static target

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -a|--address=<str>    The iSCSI target address: <ip/dns[:port]> (required)
  -n|--name=<str>       The iSCSI target name. (required)



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter discovery status get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get the iSCSI adapter discovery status for the iSCSI
                        Host Bus Adapter.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter firmware get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Validate the iSCSI firmware for the iSCSI Host Bus
                        Adapter.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -f|--file=<str>       Path to the firmware file to retrieve information
                        from. (required)



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter firmware set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Upload the iSCSI firmware for the iSCSI Host Bus
                        Adapter.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -f|--file=<str>       Path to the firmware file to download. (required)



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   List the iSCSI information for the iSCSI Host Bus
                        Adapter.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List all the iSCSI Host Bus Adapters on the system.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name.



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter param get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get the iSCSI parameters for the iSCSI Host Bus
                        Adapter.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter param set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the iSCSI parameter for the iSCSI Host Bus
                        Adapter.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -D|--default          Resetting iSCSI parameter setting to default.
  -k|--key=<str>        The iSCSI initiator parameter key. (required)
  -v|--value=<str>      The iSCSI initiator parameter value.



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the iSCSI name and alias for the iSCSI Host Bus
                        Adapter.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -a|--alias=<str>      The iSCSI initiator alias.
  -n|--name=<str>       The iSCSI initiator name.



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter target list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List iSCSI targets.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name.
  -n|--name=<str>       The iSCSI target name.



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter target portal auth chap get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get iSCSI CHAP authentication on a target

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -a|--address=<str>    The iSCSI target address: <ip/dns[:port]> (required)
  -d|--direction=<str>  The iSCSI authentication direction ( [uni, mutual])
  -m|--method=<str>     The iSCSI authentication method ( [chap])
  -n|--name=<str>       The iSCSI target name: <iqn/eui> (required)



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter target portal auth chap set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the iSCSI CHAP authentication for the iSCSI
                        Target.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -a|--address=<str>    The iSCSI target address: <ip/dns[:port]> (required)
  -N|--authname=<str>   The iSCSI authentication name
  -D|--default          Resetting iSCSI authentication setting to default.
  -d|--direction=<str>  The iSCSI authentication direction ( [uni, mutual])
  -I|--inherit          Inheriting iSCSI authentication setting from parent.
  -l|--level=<str>      The iSCSI authentication level ( [prohibited,
                        discouraged, preferred, required])
  -n|--name=<str>       The iSCSI target name: <iqn/eui> (required)
  -S|--secret=<str>     The iSCSI authentication password



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter target portal list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List iSCSI target portals.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name.
  -n|--name=<str>       The iSCSI target name.



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter target portal param get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get iSCSI parameter on a target

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -a|--address=<str>    The iSCSI target address: <ip/dns[:port]> (required)
  -n|--name=<str>       The iSCSI target name: <iqn/eui> (required)



Usage: esxcli iscsi adapter target portal param set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the iSCSI parameter for the iSCSI Target.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -a|--address=<str>    The iSCSI target address: <ip/dns[:port]> (required)
  -D|--default          Resetting iSCSI parameter setting to default.
  -I|--inherit          Inheriting iSCSI parameter setting from parent.
  -k|--key=<str>        The iSCSI parameter key (required)
  -n|--name=<str>       The iSCSI target name: <iqn/eui> (required)
  -v|--value=<str>      The iSCSI parameter value



Usage: esxcli iscsi ibftboot get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get iSCSI IBFT Boot details.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli iscsi ibftboot import [cmd options]

Description: 
  import                Import iSCSI target configuration from iBFT to ESX
                        iSCSI initiators. The boot target recorded in iBFT is
                        added to all the eligible 'dependent' iSCSI adapters.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli iscsi logicalnetworkportal list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List Logical Network Portals for iSCSI Adapter

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name.



Usage: esxcli iscsi networkportal add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Add a network portal for iSCSI adapter

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -f|--force            The force flag (force add of iSCSI vmknic even it's
                        not compatible for iscsi multipathing)
  -n|--nic=<str>        The iSCSI network portal (bound vmknic) (required)



Usage: esxcli iscsi networkportal ipconfig get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get iSCSI network portal ip configuration

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -n|--nic=<str>        The iSCSI network portal (vmknic)



Usage: esxcli iscsi networkportal ipconfig set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set iSCSI network portal IP configuration

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -x|--dns1=<str>       The iSCSI network portal primary DNS address
  -y|--dns2=<str>       The iSCSI network portal secondary DNS address
  -g|--gateway=<str>    The iSCSI network portal gateway address
  -i|--ip=<str>         The iSCSI network portal IP address (required)
  -n|--nic=<str>        The iSCSI network portal (vmknic)
  -s|--subnet=<str>     The iSCSI network portal subnet mask (required)



Usage: esxcli iscsi networkportal list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List Network Portal for iSCSI Adapter

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name.



Usage: esxcli iscsi networkportal remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Remove a network portal for iSCSI adapter

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -f|--force            The force flag (force removal of iSCSI vmknic when
                        sessions are active using it)
  -n|--nic=<str>        The iSCSI network portal (bound vmknic) (required)



Usage: esxcli iscsi physicalnetworkportal list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List Physical Network Portal for iSCSI Adapter

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name.



Usage: esxcli iscsi physicalnetworkportal param get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get network parameters on a Physical Network Portal
                        (vmnic)

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -n|--nic=<str>        The physical network portal name: <vmnic>



Usage: esxcli iscsi physicalnetworkportal param set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set network parameter on a Physical Network Portal

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -n|--nic=<str>        The physical network portal name: <vmnic>
  -o|--option=<str>     The network parameter option (required)
  -v|--value=<long>     Input value for a Physical Network Portal option (use
                        0/1 for bool, and number for int) (required)



Usage: esxcli iscsi plugin list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List IMA plugins.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name.
  -p|--plugin=<str>     The IMA plugin file name.



Usage: esxcli iscsi session add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Login sessions on current iSCSI configuration.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -s|--isid=<str>       The isid of a session to duplicate for login.
  -n|--name=<str>       The iSCSI target name.



Usage: esxcli iscsi session connection list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List iSCSI connections.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name.
  -c|--cid=<str>        The iSCSI connection identifier(CID).
  -s|--isid=<str>       The iSCSI session identifier(ISID).
  -n|--name=<str>       The iSCSI target name.



Usage: esxcli iscsi session list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List iSCSI Sessions.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name.
  -s|--isid=<str>       The iSCSI session identifier.
  -n|--name=<str>       The iSCSI target name.



Usage: esxcli iscsi session remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Logout sessions on current iSCSI configuration.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    The iSCSI adapter name. (required)
  -s|--isid=<str>       The isid of a session to duplicate for login.
  -n|--name=<str>       The name of the target to login to.



Usage: esxcli iscsi software get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Software iSCSI information.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli iscsi software set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Enable or disable software iSCSI.

Cmd options:
  -e|--enabled          Enable or disable the module. (required)



Usage: esxcli network diag ping [cmd options]

Description: 
  ping                  Send ICMP echo requests to network hosts.

Cmd options:
  -c|--count=<long>     Specify the number of packets to send.
  -D|--debug            VMKPing debug mode.
  -d|--df               Set DF bit on IPv4 packets.
  -H|--host=<str>       Specify the host to send packets to. This parameter is
                        required when not executing ping in debug mode (-D)
  -I|--interface=<str>  Specify the outgoing interface.
  -i|--interval=<str>   Set the interval for sending packets in seconds.
  -4|--ipv4             Ping with ICMPv4 echo requests.
  -6|--ipv6             Ping with ICMPv6 echo requests.
  --netstack=<str>      Specify the TCP/IP netstack which the interface
                        resides on
  -N|--nexthop=<str>    Override the system's default route selection, in
                        dotted quad notation. (IPv4 only. Requires interface
                        option)
  -s|--size=<long>      Set the payload size of the packets to send.
  -t|--ttl=<long>       Set IPv4 Time To Live or IPv6 Hop Limit
  -W|--wait=<str>       Set the timeout to wait if no responses are received
                        in seconds.



Usage: esxcli network fence list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  Get all fence switch info on the system.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli network fence network bte list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  Get all fence network bridge table entries information

Cmd options:
  -f|--fence-id=<long>  The fence id used to retrieve fence info. (required)
  -s|--vds-name=<str>   The vds name used to retrieve fence info. (required)



Usage: esxcli network fence network list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  Get all fence network info on the vds.

Cmd options:
  -f|--fence-id=<long>  The fence id used to retrieve fence info.
  -s|--vds-name=<str>   The vds name used to retrieve fence info. (required)



Usage: esxcli network fence network port list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  Get all fence port info on the fence network.

Cmd options:
  -f|--fence-id=<long>  The fence id used to retrieve fence info. (required)
  -s|--vds-name=<str>   The vds name used to retrieve fence info. (required)



Usage: esxcli network firewall get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get the firewall status.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli network firewall load [cmd options]

Description: 
  load                  Load firewall module and rulesets configuration.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli network firewall refresh [cmd options]

Description: 
  refresh               Load ruleset configuration for firewall.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli network firewall ruleset allowedip add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Add allowed ip address/range to the ruleset ruleset.

Cmd options:
  -i|--ip-address=<str> Allowed ip address/range for the ruleset. (required)
  -r|--ruleset-id=<str> The label of the ruleset. (required)



Usage: esxcli network firewall ruleset allowedip list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  list allowed ip addresses for rulesets.

Cmd options:
  -r|--ruleset-id=<str> The label of the ruleset.



Usage: esxcli network firewall ruleset allowedip remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Remove allowed ip address/range from the ruleset.

Cmd options:
  -i|--ip-address=<str> Allowed ip address/range for the ruleset. (required)
  -r|--ruleset-id=<str> The label of the ruleset. (required)



Usage: esxcli network firewall ruleset list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the rulesets in firewall.

Cmd options:
  -r|--ruleset-id=<str> List configuration for specfic ruleset



Usage: esxcli network firewall ruleset rule list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the rules of each ruleset in firewall.

Cmd options:
  -r|--ruleset-id=<str> List rules for specfic ruleset



Usage: esxcli network firewall ruleset set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set firewall ruleset status (allowedAll flag and
                        enabled status).

Cmd options:
  -a|--allowed-all      Set to true to allowed all ip, set to false to use
                        allowed ip list.
  -e|--enabled          Set to true to enable ruleset, set to false to disable
                        it.
  -r|--ruleset-id=<str> The label of the ruleset. (required)



Usage: esxcli network firewall set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set firewall enabled status and default action.

Cmd options:
  -d|--default-action   Set to true to set defaultaction PASS, set to false to
                        DROP.
  -e|--enabled          Set to true to enable the firewall, set to false to
                        disable the firewall.



Usage: esxcli network firewall unload [cmd options]

Description: 
  unload                Allow unload firewall module.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli network ip connection list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List active TCP/IP connections

Cmd options:
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, use the
                        default netstack instance
  -t|--type=<str>       Connection type :  [ip, tcp, udp, all]



Usage: esxcli network ip dns search add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Add a search domain to the list of domains to be
                        searched when trying to resolve an host name on the
                        ESXi host.

Cmd options:
  -d|--domain=<str>     The string name of a domain to add to the list of
                        search domains. (required)
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, use the
                        default netstack instance



Usage: esxcli network ip dns search list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the search domains currently configured on the
                        ESXi host in the order in which they will be used when
                        searching.

Cmd options:
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, use the
                        default netstack instance



Usage: esxcli network ip dns search remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Remove a search domain from the list of domains to be
                        searched when trying to resolve an host name on the
                        ESXi host.

Cmd options:
  -d|--domain=<str>     The string name of a domain to remove from the list of
                        search domains. (required)
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, use the
                        default netstack instance



Usage: esxcli network ip dns server add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Add a new DNS server to the end of the list of DNS
                        servers to use for this ESXi host.

Cmd options:
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, use the
                        default netstack instance
  -s|--server=<str>     The IP address (v4 or v6) of the DNS server to add to
                        the DNS server list. (required)



Usage: esxcli network ip dns server list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  Print a list of the DNS server currently configured on
                        the system in the order in which they will be used.

Cmd options:
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, use the
                        default netstack instance



Usage: esxcli network ip dns server remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Remove a DNS server from the list of DNS servers to
                        use for this ESXi host.

Cmd options:
  -a|--all
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, use the
                        default netstack instance
  -s|--server=<str>     (required)



Usage: esxcli network ip get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get global IP settings

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli network ip interface add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Add a new VMkernel network interface.

Cmd options:
  -P|--dvport-id=<str>  DVPort ID of the connection point. This requires
                        --dvs-name to be given in the same command
  -s|--dvs-name=<str>   DVSwitch name of the connection point. This requires
                        --dvport-id to be given in the same command
  -i|--interface-name=<str>
                        The name of the VMkernel network interface to create.
                        This name must be in the form vmkX, where X is a
                        number 0-255
  -M|--mac-address=<str>
                        Set the MAC address for the newly created VMkernel
                        network interface.
  -m|--mtu=<long>       Set the MTU setting for a given VMkernel network
                        interface on creation
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, use the
                        default netstack instance
  -p|--portgroup-name=<str>
                        The name of the vswitch port group to add this
                        VMkernel network interface to.



Usage: esxcli network ip interface ipv4 get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get IPv4 settings for VMkernel network interfaces.

Cmd options:
  -i|--interface-name=<str>
                        The name of the VMkernel network interface to limit
                        the output of this command to.
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, consider
                        all netstack instances



Usage: esxcli network ip interface ipv4 set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Configure IPv4 setting for a given VMkernel network
                        interface.

Cmd options:
  -i|--interface-name=<str>
                        The name of the VMkernel network interface to set IPv4
                        settings for. This name must be an interface listed in
                        the interface list command. (required)
  -I|--ipv4=<str>       The static IPv4 address for this interface.
  -N|--netmask=<str>    The static IPv4 netmask for this interface.
  -P|--peer-dns         A boolean value to indicate if the system should use
                        the DNS settings published via DHCP for this
                        interface.
  -t|--type=<str>       IPv4 Address type :
                            dhcp: Use DHCP to aquire IPv4 setting for this
                        interface.
                            none: Remove IPv4 settings form this interface.
                            static: Set Static IPv4 information for this
                        interface. Requires --ipv4 and --netmask options.
                         (required)



Usage: esxcli network ip interface ipv6 address add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Add a static IPv6 address to a given VMkernel network
                        interface.

Cmd options:
  -i|--interface-name=<str>
                        The name of the VMkernel network interface to add a
                        static IPv6 address to. This name must be an interface
                        listed in the interface list command. (required)
  -I|--ipv6=<str>       The IPv6 address to add to the given VMkernel network
                        interface. This must be in X:X:X::/X format (required)



Usage: esxcli network ip interface ipv6 address list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  This command will list all of the IPv6 addresses
                        currently assigned to the system

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli network ip interface ipv6 address remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Remove an IPv6 address from a given VMkernel network
                        interface.

Cmd options:
  -i|--interface-name=<str>
                        The name of the VMkernel network interface to remove
                        an IPv6 address from. This name must be an interface
                        listed in the interface list command. (required)
  -I|--ipv6=<str>       The IPv6 address to remove from the given VMkernel
                        network interface. This must be in X:X:X::/X format
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli network ip interface ipv6 get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get IPv6 settings for VMkernel network interfaces.
                        This does not include the IPv6 addresses which can be
                        found in the listipv6 command

Cmd options:
  -n|--interface-name=<str>
                        The name of the VMkernel network interface to limit
                        the output of this command to.
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, consider
                        all netstack instances



Usage: esxcli network ip interface ipv6 set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Configure IPv6 settings for a given VMkernel network
                        interface.

Cmd options:
  -d|--enable-dhcpv6    Setting this value to true will enable DHCPv6 on this
                        interface and attempt to aquire an IPv6 address from
                        the network
  -r|--enable-router-adv
                        Setting this value to true will enable IPv6 Router
                        Advertised IPv6 addresses to be added to this
                        interface from any routers broadcasting on the local
                        network.
  -i|--interface-name=<str>
                        The name of the VMkernel network interface to set IPv6
                        settings for. This name must be an interface listed in
                        the interface list command. (required)
  -P|--peer-dns         A boolean value to indicate if the system should use
                        the DNS settings published via DHCPv6 for this
                        interface.



Usage: esxcli network ip interface list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  This command will list the VMkernel network interfaces
                        currently known to the system.

Cmd options:
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, consider
                        all netstack instances



Usage: esxcli network ip interface remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Remove a VMkernel network interface from the ESXi
                        host. A VMKernel network interface can be uniquely
                        specified by --interface-name or --portgroup-name or
                        --dvs-name/--dvport-id. i.e. Providing its name or its
                        connection point are two ways to uniquely specify a
                        VMKernel network interface.

Cmd options:
  -P|--dvport-id=<str>  DVPort ID of the connection point. This requires
                        --dvs-name to be given in the same command
  -s|--dvs-name=<str>   DVSwitch name of the connection point. This requires
                        --dvport-id to be given in the same command
  -i|--interface-name=<str>
                        The name of the VMkernel network interface to remove.
                        This name must be in the form vmkX, where X is a
                        number 0-255
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, use the
                        default netstack instance
  -p|--portgroup-name=<str>
                        The name of the vswitch port group to delete this
                        VMkernel network interface from.



Usage: esxcli network ip interface set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   This command sets the enabled status and MTU size of a
                        given IP interface

Cmd options:
  -e|--enabled          Set to true to enable the interface, set to false to
                        disable it.
  -i|--interface-name=<str>
                        The name of the interface to apply the configurations.
                        (required)
  -m|--mtu=<long>       The MTU size of the IP interface.



Usage: esxcli network ip interface tag add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Adds a tag on a given VMkernel network interface.

Cmd options:
  -i|--interface-name=<str>
                        The name of the VMkernel network interface on which
                        tags should be set. This name must be an interface
                        listed in the interface list command. (required)
  -t|--tagname=<str>    Tag name to assign to the interface (required)



Usage: esxcli network ip interface tag get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Gets the tags set on the given VMkernel network
                        interface.

Cmd options:
  -i|--interface-name=<str>
                        Name of vmknic whose tags are to be read (required)



Usage: esxcli network ip interface tag remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Removes a tag on a given VMkernel network interface.

Cmd options:
  -i|--interface-name=<str>
                        The name of the VMkernel network interface from which
                        tags should be removed. This name must be an interface
                        listed  in the interface list command. (required)
  -t|--tagname=<str>    Tag name to assign to the interface (required)



Usage: esxcli network ip ipsec sa add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Add a Security Association.

Cmd options:
  -e|--encryption-algorithm=<str>
                        Encryption algorithm for the Security Association.
                        Should be one in set  [null, 3des-cbc, aes128-cbc].
                        (required)
  -k|--encryption-key=<str>
                        Encryption key(ASCII or hex). Length of hex key is
                        dependent upon algorithm used. Required when a
                        encryption algorithm has been specified.
  -i|--integrity-algorithm=<str>
                        Integrity algorithm for the Security Association.
                        Should be one in set  [hmac-sha1, hmac-sha2-256].
                        (required)
  -K|--integrity-key=<str>
                        Integrity key(ASCII or hex). Length of hex key is
                        dependent upon algorithm used. (required)
  -d|--sa-destination=<str>
                        Ipv6 address of Security Association destination. Can
                        be specified as 'any' or a correct IPv6 address.
                        (required)
  -m|--sa-mode=<str>    Security Association mode. Should be one in set
                        [transport, tunnel].
  -n|--sa-name=<str>    Name for the Security Association to be added.
                        (required)
  -s|--sa-source=<str>  Ipv6 address of Security Association source. Can be
                        specified as 'any' or a correct IPv6 address.
                        (required)
  -p|--sa-spi=<str>     SPI value for the Security Association(hex).
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli network ip ipsec sa list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List configured Security Associations

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli network ip ipsec sa remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Operation to remove Security Association(s)

Cmd options:
  -a|--remove-all       Set to remove all Security Associations.
  -d|--sa-destination=<str>
                        Ipv6 address of Security Association destination. This
                        option needs to be specified when removing an auto SA.
  -n|--sa-name=<str>    Name for the Security Association to be removed.
                        Specify 'auto' to remove an auto SA.
  -s|--sa-source=<str>  Ipv6 address of Security Association source. This
                        option needs to be specified when removing an auto SA.
  -p|--sa-spi=<str>     SPI value for the Security Association (hex). This
                        option needs to be specified when removing an auto SA



Usage: esxcli network ip ipsec set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set IKE config file path.

Cmd options:
  -f|--ike-conf=<str>   Pass an IKE config path to IKE daemon, this will copy
                        the config to IKE config and restart IKE daemons
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli network ip ipsec sp add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Add a Security Policy.

Cmd options:
  -A|--action=<str>     Action for Security Policy. Should be one in set
                        [none, discard, ipsec].
  -P|--destination-port=<long>
                        Destination Port for Security Policy. '0' stands for
                        'any' (required)
  -w|--flow-direction=<str>
                        Flow direction for Security Policy. Should be one in
                        set  [in, out].
  -a|--sa-name=<str>    Name for the Security Association. Not being Specified
                        lets vmkernel automatically choose an Security
                        Association. If no applicable Security Association
                        exists, then vmkernel may request one using IKE.
  -p|--source-port=<long>
                        Source Port for Security Policy. '0' stands for 'any'
                        (required)
  -d|--sp-destination=<str>
                        Ipv6 address and prefix length of Security Policy
                        destination. Can be specified as 'any' or a correct
                        Ipv6 network address. (required)
  -m|--sp-mode=<str>    Security Policy mode. Should be one in set
                        [transport, tunnel].
  -n|--sp-name=<str>    Name for the Security Policy to be added. (required)
  -s|--sp-source=<str>  Ipv6 address and prefix length of Security Policy
                        source. Can be specified as 'any' or a correct IPv6
                        network address. (required)
  -u|--upper-layer-protocol=<str>
                        Upper layer protocol for Security Policy, Should be
                        one in set  [any, tcp, udp, icmp6].



Usage: esxcli network ip ipsec sp list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List configured Security Policys

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli network ip ipsec sp remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Operation to remove Security Policy

Cmd options:
  -a|--remove-all       Set to remove all Security Policys
  -n|--sp-name=<str>    Name for the Security Policy to be removed.



Usage: esxcli network ip neighbor list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List ARP table entries

Cmd options:
  -i|--interface-name=<str>
                        The name of the VMkernel network interface to limit
                        the output of this command to; if unspecified, list
                        neighbors on all interfaces.
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, use the
                        default netstack instance
  -v|--version=<str>    IP version :  [4, 6, all]



Usage: esxcli network ip neighbor remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Remove ARP table entries

Cmd options:
  -i|--interface-name=<str>
                        The name of the VMkernel network interface to remove
                        the neighbor entry from. If not specified, neighbor
                        will be removed from all interfaces
  -a|--neighbor-addr=<str>
                        The IPv4/IPv6 address of the neighbor. (required)
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, use the
                        default netstack instance
  -v|--version=<str>    IP version :  [4, 6] (required)



Usage: esxcli network ip netstack add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Add a new Netstack Instance.

Cmd options:
  -d|--disabled         Create the netstack instance only in config i.e. in
                        disabled state. Does not create in kernel.
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance (required)



Usage: esxcli network ip netstack get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get runtime/configuration settings for a given
                        Netstack Instance.

Cmd options:
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance (required)



Usage: esxcli network ip netstack list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  This command will list the VMkernel Netstack instances
                        currently known to the system.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli network ip netstack remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Remove a new Netstack Instance.

Cmd options:
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance (required)



Usage: esxcli network ip netstack set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Configure settings for a given Netstack Instance.

Cmd options:
  -c|--ccalgo=<str>     The TCP Congestion Contol Algorithm for this netstack
                        instance (not applied to existing connections).:
                            cubic: Set cubic as the algorithm
                            newreno: Set newreno as the algorithm
  -e|--enable           Enable the netstack instance (create in kernel)
  -i|--ipv6enabled      To enable IPv6 for this netstack instance (aplied only
                        during netstack creation).
  -m|--maxconn=<long>   The maximum number of connections for this netstack
                        instance (applied only during netstack creation).
  -n|--name=<str>       The name for this netstack instance.
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance. This name must be an
                        interface listed in the netstack list command.
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli network ip route ipv4 add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Add IPv4 route to the VMkernel.

Cmd options:
  -g|--gateway=<str>    The Ipv4 address of the gateway through which a route
                        to be added. (required)
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, use the
                        default netstack instance
  -n|--network=<str>    The Ipv4 address and prefix length of the network to
                        add the route to. Specify 'default' to indicate the
                        default network. (required)



Usage: esxcli network ip route ipv4 list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List configured IPv4 routes

Cmd options:
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, use the
                        default netstack instance



Usage: esxcli network ip route ipv4 remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Remove IPv4 route

Cmd options:
  -g|--gateway=<str>    The Ipv4 address of the gateway through which a route
                        to be removed (required)
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, use the
                        default netstack instance
  -n|--network=<str>    The Ipv4 address and prefix length of the network to
                        remove the route from. Specify 'default' to indicate
                        the default network. (required)



Usage: esxcli network ip route ipv6 add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Add IPv6 route to the VMkernel.

Cmd options:
  -g|--gateway=<str>    The Ipv6 address of the gateway through which a route
                        to be added. (required)
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, use the
                        default netstack instance
  -n|--network=<str>    The Ipv6 address and prefix length of the network to
                        add the route to. Specify 'default' to indicate the
                        default network. (required)



Usage: esxcli network ip route ipv6 list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List configured IPv6 routes

Cmd options:
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, use the
                        default netstack instance



Usage: esxcli network ip route ipv6 remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Remove IPv6 route from the VMkernel

Cmd options:
  -g|--gateway=<str>    The Ipv6 address of the gateway through which a route
                        to be removed (required)
  -N|--netstack=<str>   The network stack instance; if unspecified, use the
                        default netstack instance
  -n|--network=<str>    The Ipv6 address and prefix length of the network to
                        remove the route from. Specify 'default' to indicate
                        the default network. (required)



Usage: esxcli network ip set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Update global IP settings

Cmd options:
  -e|--ipv6-enabled     Enable or disable IPv6 (Reboot Required)



Usage: esxcli network nic coalesce get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get coalesce parameters

Cmd options:
  -n|--vmnic=<str>      The name of pnic to get coalesce parameters



Usage: esxcli network nic coalesce set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set coalesce parameters on a nic

Cmd options:
  -R|--rx-max-frames=<long>
                        Maximum number of RX frames driver to process before
                        interrupting.
  -r|--rx-usecs=<long>  Number of microseconds driver to wait for RX before
                        interrupting.
  -T|--tx-max-frames=<long>
                        Maximum number of completed TX frames driver to
                        process before interrupting.
  -t|--tx-usecs=<long>  Number of microseconds driver to wait for completed TX
                        before interrupting.
  -n|--vmnic=<str>      Name of vmnic to set coalesce parameters. (required)



Usage: esxcli network nic cso get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get checksum offload settings

Cmd options:
  -n|--vmnic=<str>      The name of pnic to get CSO settings



Usage: esxcli network nic cso set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set checksum offload settings on a nic

Cmd options:
  -e|--enable=<long>    RX/TX checksum offload (required)
  -n|--vmnic=<str>      Name of vmnic to set offload settings. (required)



Usage: esxcli network nic down [cmd options]

Description: 
  down                  Bring down the specified network device.

Cmd options:
  -n|--nic-name=<str>   The name of the NIC to configured. This must be one of
                        the cards listed in the nic list command. (required)



Usage: esxcli network nic eeprom change [cmd options]

Description: 
  change                Change EEPROM on a nic

Cmd options:
  -f|--file=<str>       File name of new EEPROM content
  -m|--magic=<long>     Magic key of EEPROM (required)
  -o|--offset=<long>    Offset of EEPROM to change
  -v|--value=<long>     New EEPROM value in double word
  -n|--vmnic=<str>      Name of vmnic to change EEPROM. (required)



Usage: esxcli network nic eeprom dump [cmd options]

Description: 
  dump                  Dump device EEPROM

Cmd options:
  -l|--length=<long>    Bytes of EEPROM to dump
  -o|--offset=<long>    Offset of EEPROM starting to dump
  -n|--vmnic=<str>      The name of pnic to dump EEPROM (required)



Usage: esxcli network nic get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get the generic configuration of a network device

Cmd options:
  -n|--nic-name=<str>   The name of the NIC to configured. This must be one of
                        the cards listed in the nic list command. (required)



Usage: esxcli network nic list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  This command will list the Physical NICs currently
                        installed and loaded on the system.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli network nic negotiate restart [cmd options]

Description: 
  restart               Restart N-Way negotiation on a nic

Cmd options:
  -n|--vmnic=<str>      Name of vmnic to restart negotiation (required)



Usage: esxcli network nic register dump [cmd options]

Description: 
  dump                  Dump device registers

Cmd options:
  -n|--vmnic=<str>      The name of pnic to dump registers (required)



Usage: esxcli network nic selftest run [cmd options]

Description: 
  run                   Run self test

Cmd options:
  -o|--online=<long>    Performing limited set of tests do not inetrrupt
                        normal adapter operation, default is offline
  -n|--vmnic=<str>      The name of pnic to dump EEPROM (required)



Usage: esxcli network nic set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the general options for the specified ethernet
                        device.

Cmd options:
  -a|--auto             Set the speed and duplexity settings to autonegotiate.
  -D|--duplex=<str>     The duplex to set this NIC to. Acceptable values are :
                        [full, half]
  -l|--message-level=<long>
                        Sets the driver message level. Meaning differ per
                        driver.
  -n|--nic-name=<str>   The name of the NIC to configured. This must be one of
                        the cards listed in the nic list command. (required)
  -P|--phy-address=<long>
                        Set the PHY address of the device
  -p|--port=<str>       Selects device port. Available device ports are
                            aui: Select aui as the device port
                            bnc: Select bnc as the device port
                            fibre: Select mii as the device port
                            mii: Select mii as the device port
                            tp: Select tp as the device port
  -S|--speed=<long>     The speed to set this NIC to. Acceptable values are :
                        [10, 100, 1000, 10000]
  -t|--transceiver-type=<str>
                        Selects transeiver type. Currently only internal and
                        external can be specified, in the future future types
                        might be added. Available transeiver types are
                            external: Set the transceiver type to external
                            internal: Set the transceiver type to internal
  -w|--wake-on-lan=<str>
                        Sets Wake-on-LAN options. Not all devices support
                        this. The argument to this option is a string of
                        characters specifying which options to enable.
                        p Wake on phy activity
                        u Wake on unicast messages
                        m Wake on multicast messages
                        b Wake on broadcast messages
                        a Wake on ARP
                        g Wake on MagicPacket(tm)
                        s Enable SecureOn(tm) password for MagicPacket(tm)



Usage: esxcli network nic sg get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get scatter-gather settings

Cmd options:
  -n|--vmnic=<str>      The name of pnic to get scatter-gather settings



Usage: esxcli network nic sg set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set scatter-gatter settings on a nic

Cmd options:
  -e|--enable=<long>    Enable/disable sacatter-gather (required)
  -n|--vmnic=<str>      Name of vmnic to configure scatter-gather settings.
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli network nic stats get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get NIC statistics for a given interface.

Cmd options:
  -n|--nic-name=<str>   Name of the NIC to get statistics from. (required)



Usage: esxcli network nic tso get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get TCP segmentation offload settings

Cmd options:
  -n|--vmnic=<str>      The name of pnic to get TSO settings



Usage: esxcli network nic tso set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set TCP segmentation offload settings on a nic

Cmd options:
  -e|--enable=<long>    TCP segmentation offload (required)
  -n|--vmnic=<str>      Name of vmnic to set TSO settings. (required)



Usage: esxcli network nic up [cmd options]

Description: 
  up                    Bring up the specified network device.

Cmd options:
  -n|--nic-name=<str>   The name of the NIC to configured. This must be one of
                        the cards listed in the nic list command. (required)



Usage: esxcli network nic vlan stats get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   List VLAN statistics for active VLAN's on the NIC.

Cmd options:
  -n|--nic-name=<str>   Name of the NIC to get statistics from. (required)



Usage: esxcli network nic vlan stats set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Enable/disable VLAN statistics collection on the NIC.

Cmd options:
  -e|--enabled          Whether to enable or disable VLAN statistics
                        (required)
  -n|--nic-name=<str>   Name of the NIC to get statistics from. (required)



Usage: esxcli network port filter stats get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Filter statistics for a given port.

Cmd options:
  -p|--portid=<long>    Port ID for the port to get filter statistics.
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli network port stats get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Packet statistics for a given port.

Cmd options:
  -p|--portid=<long>    Port ID for the port to get statistics. (required)



Usage: esxcli network sriovnic list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  This command will list the SRIOV Enabled NICs (PFs)
                        currently installed and loaded on the system.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli network sriovnic vf list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  Get the generic configuration of VFs for SRIOV NIC.

Cmd options:
  -n|--nic-name=<str>   The name of the SRIOV NIC to configured. This must be
                        one of the cards listed in the sriovNic list command.
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli network sriovnic vf stats [cmd options]

Description: 
  stats                 Get statistics for given VF of a SRIOV NIC.

Cmd options:
  -n|--nic-name=<str>   The name of the SRIOV NIC. This must be one of the
                        cards listed in the sriovNic list command. (required)
  -v|--vf-id=<long>     The VF ID of the virtual function whose stats are to
                        be collected. This must be one of the VF IDs listed in
                        the sriovnic vf list command. (required)



Usage: esxcli network vm list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List networking information for the VM's that have
                        active ports.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli network vm port list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List of active ports for a given VM.

Cmd options:
  -w|--world-id=<long>  World ID of the VM for listing ports. (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware lacp config get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get LACP configuration on DVS

Cmd options:
  -s|--dvs=<str>        The name of DVS to get configuration on



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware lacp stats get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get LACP stats on DVS uplinks

Cmd options:
  -s|--dvs=<str>        The name of DVS to get configuration on



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware lacp status get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get LACP status on DVS

Cmd options:
  -s|--dvs=<str>        The name of DVS to get configuration on



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware lacp timeout set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set long/short timeout for vmnics in one LACP LAG

Cmd options:
  -l|--lag-id=<long>    The ID of LAG to be configured. (required)
  -n|--nic-name=<str>   The nic name. If it is set, then only this vmnic in
                        the lag will be configured.
  -t|--timeout          Set long or short timeout: 1 for short timeout and 0
                        for long timeout. (required)
  -s|--vds=<str>        The name of VDS. (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the VMware vSphere Distributed Switch currently
                        configured on the ESXi host.

Cmd options:
  -v|--vds-name=<str>   Limit the output of this command to only vDS with the
                        given name.



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan config stats get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get VXLAN statistics config.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan config stats set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Config VXLAN statistics.

Cmd options:
  --level=<long>        Set to 0 to disable statistics; otherwise enable
                        statistics. (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get VXLAN global states on the system.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  Get VXLAN switches info on the system.

Cmd options:
  --vds-name=<str>      The VDS Name used to list VXLAN DVSwitch info



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan network arp list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  Dump VXLAN network ARP table of specified VDS

Cmd options:
  --vds-name=<str>      The VDS name used to list VXLAN network ARP table
                        (required)
  --vxlan-id=<long>     The VXLAN ID used to list VXLAN network ARP table
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan network arp reset [cmd options]

Description: 
  reset                 Reset VXLAN network ARP table

Cmd options:
  --vds-name=<str>      The VDS name used to reset VXLAN network ARP table
                        (required)
  --vxlan-id=<long>     The VXLAN ID used to reset VXLAN network ARP table
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan network list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  Get VXLAN network info with specified VDS.

Cmd options:
  --vds-name=<str>      The VDS name used to list VXLAN network info
                        (required)
  --vxlan-id=<long>     The VXLAN ID used to list VXLAN network info



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan network mac list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  Dump VXLAN network MAC table of specified VDS

Cmd options:
  --vds-name=<str>      The VDS name used to list VXLAN network MAC table
                        (required)
  --vxlan-id=<long>     The VXLAN ID used to list VXLAN network MAC table
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan network mac reset [cmd options]

Description: 
  reset                 Reset VXLAN network MAC table

Cmd options:
  --vds-name=<str>      The VDS name used to reset VXLAN network MAC table
                        (required)
  --vxlan-id=<long>     The VXLAN ID used to reset VXLAN network MAC table
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan network mtep list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  Get VXLAN network MTEP table info with specified VDS.

Cmd options:
  --mtep-ip=<str>       Display MTEP info for only one MTEP IP
  --segment-id=<str>    Display MTEP info for only one Segment ID
  --vds-name=<str>      The VDS name used to list VXLAN network info
                        (required)
  --vxlan-id=<long>     The VXLAN ID used to list VXLAN network info
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan network port list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  Get VXLAN network info with specified VDS.

Cmd options:
  --vds-name=<str>      The VDS name used to list VXLAN network info
                        (required)
  --vdsport-id=<str>    The VDS Port ID used to list VXLAN network info
  --vxlan-id=<long>     The VXLAN ID used to list VXLAN network info
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan network port stats list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  Get VXLAN port statistics info.

Cmd options:
  --vds-name=<str>      The VDS name used to get VXLAN port statistics info
                        (required)
  --vdsport-id=<str>    The VDS Port ID used to get VXLAN port statistics info
                        (required)
  --vxlan-id=<long>     The VXLAN ID used to get VXLAN port statistics info
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan network port stats reset [cmd options]

Description: 
  reset                 Reset VXLAN DVSwitch statistics info.

Cmd options:
  --vds-name=<str>      The VDS name used to reset VXLAN port statistics info
                        (required)
  --vdsport-id=<str>    The VDS Port ID used to reset VXLAN port statistics
                        info (required)
  --vxlan-id=<long>     The VXLAN ID used to reset VXLAN port statistics info
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan network stats list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  Get VXLAN network statistics info.

Cmd options:
  --vds-name=<str>      The VDS name used to get VXLAN network statistics info
                        (required)
  --vxlan-id=<long>     The VXLAN ID used to get VXLAN network statistics info
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan network stats reset [cmd options]

Description: 
  reset                 Reset VXLAN DVSwitch statistics info.

Cmd options:
  --vds-name=<str>      The VDS name used to reset VXLAN network statistics
                        info (required)
  --vxlan-id=<long>     The VXLAN ID used to reset VXLAN network statistics
                        info (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan stats list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  Get VXLAN DVSwitch statistics info.

Cmd options:
  --vds-name=<str>      The VDS name used to list VXLAN DVSwitch statistics
                        info (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan stats reset [cmd options]

Description: 
  reset                 Reset VXLAN DVSwitch statistics info.

Cmd options:
  --vds-name=<str>      The VDS name used to reset VXLAN DVSwitch statistics
                        info (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan vmknic list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  Get VXLAN network info with specified VDS.

Cmd options:
  --endpoint-id=<long>  The endpoint ID used to list VXLAN vmknic info
  --vds-name=<str>      The VDS name used to list VXLAN vmknic info (required)
  --vmknic-ip=<str>     The vmknic IP used to list VXLAN vmknic info
  --vmknic-name=<str>   The vmknic name used to list VXLAN vmknic info



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan vmknic multicastgroup list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  Get VXLAN vmknic multicast group info.

Cmd options:
  --vds-name=<str>      The VDS name used to get VXLAN vmknic multicast group
                        info (required)
  --vmknic-id=<long>    The vmknic ID used to get VXLAN vmknic multicast group
                        info
  --vmknic-ip=<str>     The vmknic IP used to get VXLAN vmknic multicast group
                        info
  --vmknic-name=<str>   The vmknic name used to get VXLAN vmknic multicast
                        group info



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan vmknic stats list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  Get VXLAN vmknic statistics info.

Cmd options:
  --endpoint-id=<long>  The endpoint ID used to get VXLAN vmknic statistics
                        info
  --vds-name=<str>      The VDS name used to get VXLAN vmknic statistics info
                        (required)
  --vmknic-ip=<str>     The vmknic IP used to get VXLAN vmknic statistics info
  --vmknic-name=<str>   The vmknic name used to get VXLAN vmknic statistics
                        info



Usage: esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan vmknic stats reset [cmd options]

Description: 
  reset                 Reset VXLAN vmknic statistics info.

Cmd options:
  --endpoint-id=<long>  The endpoint ID used to reset VXLAN vmknic statistics
                        info
  --vds-name=<str>      The VDS name used to reset VXLAN vmknic statistics
                        info (required)
  --vmknic-ip=<str>     The vmknic IP used to reset VXLAN vmknic statistics
                        info
  --vmknic-name=<str>   The vmknic name used to reset VXLAN vmknic statistics
                        info



Usage: esxcli network vswitch standard add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Add a new virtual switch to the ESXi networking
                        system.

Cmd options:
  -P|--ports=<long>     The number of ports to to give this newly created
                        virtual switch. Maximum ports per virtual switch is
                        4096. If no value is given the default value(128) is
                        used. The number of ports is limited by the number of
                        already allocated ports on the host. The system wide
                        port count cannot be greater than 4608.
  -v|--vswitch-name=<str>
                        The name of the virtual switch to create. (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch standard list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the virtual switches current on the ESXi host.

Cmd options:
  -v|--vswitch-name=<str>
                        Limit the output of this command to only virtual
                        switches with the given name.



Usage: esxcli network vswitch standard policy failover get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get the failover policy settings governing the given
                        virtual switch

Cmd options:
  -v|--vswitch-name=<str>
                        The name of the virtual switch to use when fetching
                        the switch failover policy. (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch standard policy failover set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Configure the Failover policy for a virtual switch.

Cmd options:
  -a|--active-uplinks=<str>
                        Configure the list of active adapters and their
                        failover order. This list must be a comma seperated
                        list of values with the uplink name and no spaces.
                        Example:  --active-uplinks=vmnic0,vmnic3,vmnic7,vmnic1
  -b|--failback         Configure whether a NIC will be used immediately when
                        it comes back in service after a failover
  -f|--failure-detection=<str>
                        Set the method of determining how a network outage is
                        detected.
                            beacon: Detect failures based on active beaconing
                        to the vswitch
                            link: Detect failures based on the NIC link state
  -l|--load-balancing=<str>
                        Set the load balancing policy for this policy. This
                        can be one of the following options:
                            explicit: Always use the highest order uplink from
                        the list of active adapters which pass failover
                        criteria.
                            iphash: Route based on hashing the src and
                        destination IP addresses
                            mac: Route based on the MAC address of the packet
                        source.
                            portid: Route based on the originating virtual
                        port ID.
  -n|--notify-switches  Indicate whether to send a notification to physical
                        switches on failover
  -s|--standby-uplinks=<str>
                        Configure the list of standby adapters and their
                        failover order. This list must be a comma seperated
                        list of values with the uplink name and no spaces.
                        Example:  --standby-
                        uplinks=vmnic2,vmnic4,vmnic8,vmnic6,vmnic11
  -v|--vswitch-name=<str>
                        The name of the virtual switch to use when configuring
                        the switch failover policy. (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch standard policy security get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get the Security Policy governing the given virtual
                        switch.

Cmd options:
  -v|--vswitch-name=<str>
                        The name of the virtual switch to use when fetching
                        the network security policy. (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch standard policy security set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the security policy for a given virtual switch

Cmd options:
  -f|--allow-forged-transmits
                        Allow ports on the virtual switch to send packets with
                        forged source information.
  -m|--allow-mac-change Allow ports on the virtual switch to change their MAC
                        address.
  -p|--allow-promiscuous
                        Allow ports on the virtual switch to enter promiscuous
                        mode.
  -v|--vswitch-name=<str>
                        The name of the virtual switch to use when setting the
                        switch security policy. (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch standard policy shaping get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get the shaping policy settings for the given virtual
                        switch

Cmd options:
  -v|--vswitch-name=<str>
                        The name of the virtual switch to use when fetching
                        the switch shaping policy. (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch standard policy shaping set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the shaping policy settings for the given virtual
                        switch

Cmd options:
  -b|--avg-bandwidth=<long>
                        The averge bandwidth allowed for this shaping policy.
                        This value is in Kbps (1 Kbps = 1000 bits/s)
  -t|--burst-size=<long>
                        The largest burst size allowed for this shaping
                        policy. This value is in Kib (1 Kib = 1024 bits)
  -e|--enabled          Indicate whether to enable traffic shaping on this
                        policy. If this is true then the --avg-bandwidth,
                        --peak-bandwidth and --burst-size options are
                        required.
  -k|--peak-bandwidth=<long>
                        The peak bandwidth allowed for this shaping policy.
                        This value is in Kbps (1 Kbps = 1000 bits/s)
  -v|--vswitch-name=<str>
                        The name of the virtual switch to use when setting the
                        switch shaping policy. (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Allows the addition of a standard port group to a
                        virtual switch.

Cmd options:
  -p|--portgroup-name=<str>
                        The name of the port group to add (required)
  -v|--vswitch-name=<str>
                        The virtual switch to add the port group to.
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List all of the port groups currently on the system.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup policy failover get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get the network failover policy settings governing the
                        given port group

Cmd options:
  -p|--portgroup-name=<str>
                        The name of the port group to use when fetching the
                        port group failover policy. (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup policy failover set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Configure the Failover policy for a port group. These
                        setting may potentially override virtual switch
                        settings.

Cmd options:
  -a|--active-uplinks=<str>
                        Configure the list of active adapters and their
                        failover order. This list must be a comma seperated
                        list of values with the uplink name and no spaces.
                        Example:  --active-uplinks=vmnic0,vmnic3,vmnic7,vmnic1
  -b|--failback         Configure whether a NIC will be used immediately when
                        it comes back in service after a failover
  -f|--failure-detection=<str>
                        Set the method of determining how a network outage is
                        detected.
                            beacon: Detect failures based on active beaconing
                        to the vswitch
                            link: Detect failures based on the NIC link state
  -l|--load-balancing=<str>
                        Set the load balancing policy for this policy. This
                        can be one of the following options:
                            explicit: Always use the highest order uplink from
                        the list of active adapters which pass failover
                        criteria.
                            iphash: Route based on hashing the src and
                        destination IP addresses
                            mac: Route based on the MAC address of the packet
                        source.
                            portid: Route based on the originating virtual
                        port ID.
  -n|--notify-switches  Indicate whether to send a notification to physical
                        switches on failover
  -p|--portgroup-name=<str>
                        The name of the port group to set failover policy for.
                        (required)
  -s|--standby-uplinks=<str>
                        Configure the list of standby adapters and their
                        failover order. This list must be a comma seperated
                        list of values with the uplink name and no spaces.
                        Example:  --standby-
                        uplinks=vmnic2,vmnic4,vmnic8,vmnic6,vmnic11
  -u|--use-vswitch      Reset all values for this policy to use parent virtual
                        switch's settings instead of overriding the settings
                        for the port group. Using this in conjunction with
                        other settings will first reset all of the fields to
                        use the virtual switch setting and then apply the
                        other options after the reset.



Usage: esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup policy security get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get the Security Policy governing the given port
                        group.

Cmd options:
  -p|--portgroup-name=<str>
                        The name of the port group to use when fetching the
                        network security policy. (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup policy security set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the security policy for a given port group

Cmd options:
  -f|--allow-forged-transmits
                        Allow ports on the virtual switch to send packets with
                        forged source information.
  -m|--allow-mac-change Allow ports on the virtual switch to change their MAC
                        address.
  -o|--allow-promiscuous
                        Allow ports on the virtual switch to enter promiscuous
                        mode.
  -p|--portgroup-name=<str>
                        The name of the port group to set security policy for.
                        (required)
  -u|--use-vswitch      Reset all values for this policy to use parent virtual
                        switch's settings instead of overriding the settings
                        for the port group.   Using this in conjunction with
                        other settings will first reset all of the fields to
                        use the virtual switch setting and then apply the
                        other options after the reset.



Usage: esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup policy shaping get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get the network shaping policy settings governing the
                        given port group

Cmd options:
  -p|--portgroup-name=<str>
                        The name of the port group to use when fetching the
                        port group shaping policy. (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup policy shaping set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the shaping policy settings for the given port
                        group

Cmd options:
  -b|--avg-bandwidth=<long>
                        The averge bandwidth allowed for this shaping policy.
                        This value is in Kbps (1 Kbps = 1000 bits/s)
  -t|--burst-size=<long>
                        The largest burst size allowed for this shaping
                        policy. This value is in Kib (1 Kib = 1024 bits)
  -e|--enabled          Indicate whether to enable traffic shaping on this
                        policy. If this is true then the --avg-bandwidth,
                        --peak-bandwidth and --burst-size options are
                        required.
  -k|--peak-bandwidth=<long>
                        The peak bandwidth allowed for this shaping policy.
                        This value is in Kbps (1 Kbps = 1000 bits/s)
  -p|--portgroup-name=<str>
                        The name of the port group to set shaping policy for.
                        (required)
  -u|--use-vswitch      Reset all values for this policy to use parent virtual
                        switch's settings instead of overriding the settings
                        for the port group. Using this in conjunction with
                        other settings will first reset all of the fields to
                        use the virtual switch setting and then apply the
                        other options after the reset.



Usage: esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Remove a port group from the given virtual switch

Cmd options:
  -p|--portgroup-name=<str>
                        (required)
  -v|--vswitch-name=<str>
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the vlan id for the given port group

Cmd options:
  -p|--portgroup-name=<str>
                        The name of the port group to set vlan id for.
                        (required)
  -v|--vlan-id=<long>   The vlan id for this port group. This value is in the
                        range (0 - 4095)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch standard remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Remove a virtual switch from the ESXi networking
                        system.

Cmd options:
  -v|--vswitch-name=<str>
                        The name of the virtual switch to remove. (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch standard set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   This command sets the MTU size and CDP status of a
                        given virtual switch.

Cmd options:
  -c|--cdp-status=<str> The CDP status of the given virtual switch. It can be
                        'down', 'listen', 'advertise' or 'both'
  -m|--mtu=<long>       The MTU size of the given virtual switch.
  -v|--vswitch-name=<str>
                        The name of virtual switch to apply the
                        configurations. (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch standard uplink add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Add an uplink to the given virtual switch. Note if
                        this virtual switch has a NIC teaming policy assigned
                        to it then the policy must also be modified to enable
                        use of this uplink on this virtual switch

Cmd options:
  -u|--uplink-name=<str>
                        The name of the uplink to add to the virtual switch.
                        (required)
  -v|--vswitch-name=<str>
                        The name of the virtual switch to add an uplink to.
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli network vswitch standard uplink remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Remove an uplink from the given virtual switch. Note
                        if this virtual switch has a NIC teaming policy
                        assigned to it then the policy must also be modified
                        to disable use of this uplink on this virtual switch

Cmd options:
  -u|--uplink-name=<str>
                        The name of the uplink to remove from the virtual
                        switch. (required)
  -v|--vswitch-name=<str>
                        The name of the virtual switch to remove an uplink
                        from. (required)



Usage: esxcli sched reliablemem get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Check if the system is currently aware of reliable
                        memory.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli sched swap system get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get current state of the options of the system-wide
                        shared swap space.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli sched swap system set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Change the configuration of system-wide shared swap
                        space.

Cmd options:
  -d|--datastore-enabled
                        If the datastore option should be enabled or not.
  -n|--datastore-name=<str>
                        The name of the datastore used by the datastore
                        option.
  -D|--datastore-order=<long>
                        The order of the datastore option in the preference of
                        the options
  -c|--hostcache-enabled
                        If the host cache option should be enabled or not.
  -C|--hostcache-order=<long>
                        The order of the host cache option in the preference
                        of the options.
  -l|--hostlocalswap-enabled
                        If the host local swap option should be enabled or
                        not.
  -L|--hostlocalswap-order=<long>
                        The order of the host local swap option in the
                        preference of the options.



Usage: esxcli software acceptance get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Gets the host acceptance level. This controls what
                        VIBs will be allowed on a host.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli software acceptance set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Sets the host acceptance level. This controls what
                        VIBs will be allowed on a host.

Cmd options:
  --level=<str>         Specifies the acceptance level to set. Should be one
                        of VMwareCertified / VMwareAccepted / PartnerSupported
                        / CommunitySupported. (required)



Usage: esxcli software profile get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Display the installed image profile.

Cmd options:
  --rebooting-image     Displays information for the ESXi image which becomes
                        active after a reboot, or nothing if the pending-
                        reboot image has not been created yet.  If not
                        specified, information from the current ESXi image in
                        memory will be returned.



Usage: esxcli software profile install [cmd options]

Description: 
  install               Installs or applies an image profile from a depot to
                        this host. This command completely replaces the
                        installed image with the image defined by the new
                        image profile, and may result in the loss of installed
                        VIBs. The common vibs between host and image profile
                        will be skipped. To preserve installed VIBs, use
                        profile update instead. WARNING: If your installation
                        requires a reboot, you need to disable HA first.

Cmd options:
  -d|--depot=[ <str> ... ]
                        Specifies full remote URLs of the depot index.xml or
                        server file path pointing to an offline bundle .zip
                        file. (required)
  --dry-run             Performs a dry-run only. Report the VIB-level
                        operations that would be performed, but do not change
                        anything in the system.
  -f|--force            Bypasses checks for package dependencies, conflicts,
                        obsolescence, and acceptance levels. Really not
                        recommended unless you know what you are doing. Use of
                        this option will result in a warning being displayed
                        in the vSphere Client.
  --maintenance-mode    Pretends that maintenance mode is in effect.
                        Otherwise, installation will stop for live installs
                        that require maintenance mode. This flag has no effect
                        for reboot required remediations.
  --no-live-install     Forces an install to /altbootbank even if the VIBs are
                        eligible for live installation or removal. Will cause
                        installation to be skipped on PXE-booted hosts.
  --no-sig-check        Bypasses acceptance level verification, including
                        signing. Use of this option poses a large security
                        risk and will result in a SECURITY ALERT warning being
                        displayed in the vSphere Client.
  --ok-to-remove        Allows the removal of installed VIBs as part of
                        applying the image profile. If not specified, esxcli
                        will error out if applying the image profile results
                        in the removal of installed VIBs.
  -p|--profile=<str>    Specifies the name of the image profile to install.
                        (required)
  --proxy=<str>         Specifies a proxy server to use for HTTP, FTP, and
                        HTTPS connections. The format is proxy-url:port.



Usage: esxcli software profile update [cmd options]

Description: 
  update                Updates the host with VIBs from an image profile in a
                        depot. Installed VIBs may be upgraded (or downgraded
                        if --allow-downgrades is specified), but they will not
                        be removed. Any VIBs in the image profile which are
                        not related to any installed VIBs will be added to the
                        host. WARNING: If your installation requires a reboot,
                        you need to disable HA first.

Cmd options:
  --allow-downgrades    If this option is specified, then the VIBs from the
                        image profile which update, downgrade, or are new to
                        the host will be installed. If the option is not
                        specified, then the VIBs which update or are new to
                        the host will be installed.
  -d|--depot=[ <str> ... ]
                        Specifies full remote URLs of the depot index.xml or
                        server file path pointing to an offline bundle .zip
                        file. (required)
  --dry-run             Performs a dry-run only. Report the VIB-level
                        operations that would be performed, but do not change
                        anything in the system.
  -f|--force            Bypasses checks for package dependencies, conflicts,
                        obsolescence, and acceptance levels. Really not
                        recommended unless you know what you are doing. Use of
                        this option will result in a warning being displayed
                        in the vSphere Client.
  --maintenance-mode    Pretends that maintenance mode is in effect.
                        Otherwise, installation will stop for live installs
                        that require maintenance mode. This flag has no effect
                        for reboot required remediations.
  --no-live-install     Forces an install to /altbootbank even if the VIBs are
                        eligible for live installation or removal. Will cause
                        installation to be skipped on PXE-booted hosts.
  --no-sig-check        Bypasses acceptance level verification, including
                        signing. Use of this option poses a large security
                        risk and will result in a SECURITY ALERT warning being
                        displayed in the vSphere Client.
  -p|--profile=<str>    Specifies the name of the image profile to update the
                        host with. (required)
  --proxy=<str>         Specifies a proxy server to use for HTTP, FTP, and
                        HTTPS connections. The format is proxy-url:port.



Usage: esxcli software profile validate [cmd options]

Description: 
  validate              Validates the current image profile on the host
                        against an image profile in a depot.

Cmd options:
  -d|--depot=[ <str> ... ]
                        Specifies full remote URLs of the depot index.xml or
                        server file path pointing to an offline bundle .zip
                        file. (required)
  -p|--profile=<str>    Specifies the name of the image profile to validate
                        the host with. (required)
  --proxy=<str>         Specifies a proxy server to use for HTTP, FTP, and
                        HTTPS connections. The format is proxy-url:port.



Usage: esxcli software sources profile get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Display details about an image profile from the depot.

Cmd options:
  -d|--depot=[ <str> ... ]
                        Specifies full remote URLs of the depot index.xml or
                        server file path pointing to an offline bundle .zip
                        file. (required)
  -p|--profile=<str>    Specifies the name of the image profile to display.
                        (required)
  --proxy=<str>         Specifies a proxy server to use for HTTP, FTP, and
                        HTTPS connections. The format is proxy-url:port.



Usage: esxcli software sources profile list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List all the image profiles in a depot.

Cmd options:
  -d|--depot=[ <str> ... ]
                        Specifies full remote URLs of the depot index.xml or
                        server file path pointing to an offline bundle .zip
                        file. (required)
  --proxy=<str>         Specifies a proxy server to use for HTTP, FTP, and
                        HTTPS connections. The format is proxy-url:port.



Usage: esxcli software sources vib get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Displays detailed information about one or more VIB
                        packages in the depot

Cmd options:
  -d|--depot=[ <str> ... ]
                        Specifies full remote URLs of the depot index.xml or
                        server file path pointing to an offline bundle .zip
                        file.
  --proxy=<str>         Specifies a proxy server to use for HTTP, FTP, and
                        HTTPS connections. The format is proxy-url:port.
  -n|--vibname=[ <str> ... ]
                        Specifies one or more VIBs in the depot to display
                        more information about. If this option is not
                        specified, then all of the VIB packages from the depot
                        will be displayed. Must be one of the following forms:
                        name, name:version, vendor:name, or
                        vendor:name:version.
  -v|--viburl=[ <str> ... ]
                        Specifies one or more URLs to VIB packages to display
                        information about. http:, https:, ftp:, and file: are
                        all supported.



Usage: esxcli software sources vib list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List all the VIBs from depots.

Cmd options:
  -d|--depot=[ <str> ... ]
                        Specifies full remote URLs of the depot index.xml or
                        server file path pointing to an offline bundle .zip
                        file. (required)
  --proxy=<str>         Specifies a proxy server to use for HTTP, FTP, and
                        HTTPS connections. The format is proxy-url:port.



Usage: esxcli software vib get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Displays detailed information about one or more
                        installed VIBs

Cmd options:
  --rebooting-image     Displays information for the ESXi image which becomes
                        active after a reboot, or nothing if the pending-
                        reboot image has not been created yet. If not
                        specified, information from the current ESXi image in
                        memory will be returned.
  -n|--vibname=[ <str> ... ]
                        Specifies one or more installed VIBs to display more
                        information about. If this option is not specified,
                        then all of the installed VIBs will be displayed. Must
                        be one of the following forms: name, name:version,
                        vendor:name, or vendor:name:version.



Usage: esxcli software vib install [cmd options]

Description: 
  install               Installs VIB packages from a URL or depot. VIBs may be
                        installed, upgraded, or downgraded. WARNING: If your
                        installation requires a reboot, you need to disable HA
                        first.

Cmd options:
  -d|--depot=[ <str> ... ]
                        Specifies full remote URLs of the depot index.xml or
                        server file path pointing to an offline bundle .zip
                        file.
  --dry-run             Performs a dry-run only. Report the VIB-level
                        operations that would be performed, but do not change
                        anything in the system.
  -f|--force            Bypasses checks for package dependencies, conflicts,
                        obsolescence, and acceptance levels. Really not
                        recommended unless you know what you are doing. Use of
                        this option will result in a warning being displayed
                        in the vSphere Client.
  --maintenance-mode    Pretends that maintenance mode is in effect.
                        Otherwise, installation will stop for live installs
                        that require maintenance mode. This flag has no effect
                        for reboot required remediations.
  --no-live-install     Forces an install to /altbootbank even if the VIBs are
                        eligible for live installation or removal. Will cause
                        installation to be skipped on PXE-booted hosts.
  --no-sig-check        Bypasses acceptance level verification, including
                        signing. Use of this option poses a large security
                        risk and will result in a SECURITY ALERT warning being
                        displayed in the vSphere Client.
  --proxy=<str>         Specifies a proxy server to use for HTTP, FTP, and
                        HTTPS connections. The format is proxy-url:port.
  -n|--vibname=[ <str> ... ]
                        Specifies VIBs from a depot, using one of the
                        following forms: name, name:version, vendor:name, or
                        vendor:name:version.
  -v|--viburl=[ <str> ... ]
                        Specifies one or more URLs to VIB packages to install.
                        http:, https:, ftp:, and file: are all supported.



Usage: esxcli software vib list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  Lists the installed VIB packages

Cmd options:
  --rebooting-image     Displays information for the ESXi image which becomes
                        active after a reboot, or nothing if the pending-
                        reboot image has not been created yet. If not
                        specified, information from the current ESXi image in
                        memory will be returned.



Usage: esxcli software vib remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Removes VIB packages from the host. WARNING: If your
                        installation requires a reboot, you need to disable HA
                        first.

Cmd options:
  --dry-run             Performs a dry-run only. Report the VIB-level
                        operations that would be performed, but do not change
                        anything in the system.
  -f|--force            Bypasses checks for package dependencies, conflicts,
                        obsolescence, and acceptance levels. Really not
                        recommended unless you know what you are doing. Use of
                        this option will result in a warning being displayed
                        in the vSphere Client.
  --maintenance-mode    Pretends that maintenance mode is in effect.
                        Otherwise, remove will stop for live removes that
                        require maintenance mode. This flag has no effect for
                        reboot required remediations.
  --no-live-install     Forces an remove to /altbootbank even if the VIBs are
                        eligible for live removal. Will cause installation to
                        be skipped on PXE-booted hosts.
  -n|--vibname=[ <str> ... ]
                        Specifies one or more VIBs on the host to remove. Must
                        be one of the following forms: name, name:version,
                        vendor:name, vendor:name:version. (required)



Usage: esxcli software vib update [cmd options]

Description: 
  update                Update installed VIBs to newer VIB packages. No new
                        VIBs will be installed, only updates. WARNING: If your
                        installation requires a reboot, you need to disable HA
                        first.

Cmd options:
  -d|--depot=[ <str> ... ]
                        Specifies full remote URLs of the depot index.xml or
                        server file path pointing to an offline bundle .zip
                        file.
  --dry-run             Performs a dry-run only. Report the VIB-level
                        operations that would be performed, but do not change
                        anything in the system.
  -f|--force            Bypasses checks for package dependencies, conflicts,
                        obsolescence, and acceptance levels. Really not
                        recommended unless you know what you are doing.  Use
                        of this option will result in a warning being
                        displayed in the vSphere Client.
  --maintenance-mode    Pretends that maintenance mode is in effect.
                        Otherwise, installation will stop for live installs
                        that require maintenance mode. This flag has no effect
                        for reboot required remediations.
  --no-live-install     Forces an install to /altbootbank even if the VIBs are
                        eligible for live installation or removal. Will cause
                        installation to be skipped on PXE-booted hosts.
  --no-sig-check        Bypasses acceptance level verification, including
                        signing. Use of this option poses a large security
                        risk and will result in a SECURITY ALERT warning being
                        displayed in the vSphere Client.
  --proxy=<str>         Specifies a proxy server to use for HTTP, FTP, and
                        HTTPS connections. The format is proxy-url:port.
  -n|--vibname=[ <str> ... ]
                        Specifies VIBs from a depot, using one of the
                        following forms: name, name:version, vendor:name, or
                        vendor:name:version. VIB packages which are not
                        updates will be skipped.
  -v|--viburl=[ <str> ... ]
                        Specifies one or more URLs to VIB packages to update
                        to. http:, https:, ftp:, and file: are all supported.
                        VIB packages which are not updates will be skipped.



Usage: esxcli storage core adapter list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List all the SCSI Host Bus Adapters on the system.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli storage core adapter rescan [cmd options]

Description: 
  rescan                Rescan SCSI HBAs to search for new Devices, remove
                        DEAD paths and update path state. This operation will
                        also run an claim operation equivalent to the
                        claimrule run command and a filesystem rescan.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    Select the adapter to use when rescanning SCSI
                        adapters. This must be a SCSI HBA name as shown in the
                        adapter list command. This cannot be used with the
                        --all option
  -a|--all              Indicate the rescan should rescan all adapters instead
                        of a specific one.
  -S|--skip-claim       By default after an add operation a claiming session
                        is run to find new devices and have them be claimed by
                        the appropriate Multipath Plugin. Passing this flag
                        will skip that claiming session.
  -F|--skip-fs-scan     By default after all rescan operations a filesystem
                        scan is performed to add newly found filesystems and
                        remove any filesystems that are no longer available.
                        Passing this flag will skip that filesystem scan.
  -t|--type=<str>       Specify the type of rescan to perform. Available types
                        are
                            add: Perform rescan and only add new devices if
                        any.
                            all: Perform rescan and do all opertaions (this is
                        the default action.)
                            delete: Perform rescan and only delete DEAD
                        devices.
                            update: Rescan existing paths only and update path
                        states.



Usage: esxcli storage core adapter stats get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   List the SCSI stats for the SCSI Host Bus Adapters in
                        the system.

Cmd options:
  -a|--adapter=<str>    Limit the stats output to one adapter



Usage: esxcli storage core claiming autoclaim [cmd options]

Description: 
  autoclaim             Control the automatic PSA (path/device) claiming code
                        allowing the disabling of the automatic claiming
                        process or re-enabling of the claiming process if it
                        was previously disabled. By default the automatic PSA
                        claiming process is on and should not be disabled by
                        users unless specifically instructed to do so.

Cmd options:
  -c|--claimrule-class=<str>
                        Indicate the claim rule class to use in this operation
                        [MP, Filter, VAAI, all].
  --enabled             Set the autoclaiming enabled state for a givenPSA
                        plugin type in the VMkernel. Default is to have this
                        process enabled. This should not be changed by users
                        unless specifically instructed to do so. (required)
  -w|--wait             If the --wait flag is provided then the autoclaim
                        enable will wait for paths to 'settle' before running
                        the claim operation.  This means that the system is
                        reasonably sure that all paths on the system have
                        appeared before enabling autoclaim.



Usage: esxcli storage core claiming reclaim [cmd options]

Description: 
  reclaim               Attempt to unclaim all paths to a device and then run
                        the loaded claimrules on each of the paths unclaimed
                        to attempt to reclaim them.

Cmd options:
  -d|--device=<str>     Reclaim requires the name of a device on which all
                        paths will be unclaimed and then reclaimed. (required)



Usage: esxcli storage core claiming unclaim [cmd options]

Description: 
  unclaim               1) Unclaim a path or set of paths, disassociating them
                        from a PSA plugin. NOTES:  It is normal for path
                        claiming to fail especially when unclaiming by plugin
                        or adapter. Only inactive paths with no I/O  will be
                        able to be unclaimed. Typically the ESXi USB partition
                        and devices with VMFS volumes on them will not be
                        unclaimable. Also NOTE unclaiming will not persist and
                        periodic path claiming will reclaim these paths in the
                        near future unless claim rules are configured to mask
                        the path. 2) Detach a (set of) filter(s) from one or
                        more devices.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    If the --type paramter is 'location' this value
                        indicates the name of the host bus adapter for the
                        paths you wish to unclaim. This parameter can be
                        omitted to indicate unclaiming should be run on paths
                        from all adapters.
  -C|--channel=<long>   If the --type parameter is 'location' this value
                        indicates the value of the SCSI channel number for the
                        paths you wish to unclaim. This parameter can be
                        omitted to indicate unclaiming should be run on paths
                        with any channel number.
  -c|--claimrule-class=<str>
                        Indicate the claim rule class to use in this operation
                        [MP, Filter].
  -d|--device=<str>     If the --type parameter is 'device' attempt to unclaim
                        all paths to a specific device (for multipathing
                        plugins) or unclaim the device itself (for filter
                        plugins). NOTE. For paths, if there are any active I/O
                        operations on this device, at least 1 path will fail
                        to unclaim.
  -D|--driver=<str>     If the --type parameter is 'driver' attempt to unclaim
                        all paths provided by a specific HBA driver.
  -L|--lun=<long>       If the --type paramter is 'location' this value
                        indicates the value of the SCSI Logical Unit Number
                        (LUN) for the paths you wish to unclaim. This
                        parameter can be omitted to indicate unclaiming should
                        be run on paths with any Logical Unit Number.
  -m|--model=<str>      If the --type parameter is 'vendor' attempt to unclaim
                        all paths to devices with specific model info (for
                        multipathing plugins) or unclaim the device itself
                        (for filter plugins). NOTE. For paths, if there are
                        any active I/O operations on this device, at least 1
                        path will fail to unclaim.
  -p|--path=<str>       If the --type parameter is 'path' attempt to unclaim a
                        specific path given its path UID or runtime name.
  -P|--plugin=<str>     If the --type parameter is 'plugin' attempt to unclaim
                        all paths on for a given multipath plugin OR all
                        devices attached to a filter plugin.
  -T|--target=<long>    If the --type paramter is 'location' this value
                        indicates the value of the SCSI target number for the
                        paths you wish to unclaim. This parameter can be
                        omitted to indicate unclaiming should be run on paths
                        with any target number.
  -t|--type=<str>       Indicate the type of unclaim you wish to perform.
                        Valid values for this paramter are  [location, path,
                        driver, device, plugin, vendor] (required)
  -v|--vendor=<str>     If the --type parameter is 'vendor' attempt to unclaim
                        all paths to devices with specific vendor info (for
                        multipathing plugins) or unclaim the device itself
                        (for filter plugins). NOTE. For paths, if there are
                        any active I/O operations on this device, at least 1
                        path will fail to unclaim.



Usage: esxcli storage core claimrule add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Add a claimrule to the set of claimrules on the
                        system.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    Indicate the adapter of the paths to use in this
                        operation.
  -u|--autoassign       The system will auto assign a rule id.
  -C|--channel=<long>   Indicate the channel of the paths to use in this
                        operation.
  -c|--claimrule-class=<str>
                        Indicate the claim rule class to use in this operation
                        [MP, Filter, VAAI].
  -d|--device=<str>     Indicate the Device Uid to use for this operation.
  -D|--driver=<str>     Indicate the driver of the paths to use in this
                        operation.
  -f|--force            Force claim rules to ignore validity checks and
                        install the rule anyway.
  --if-unset=<str>      Execute this command if this advanced user variable is
                        not set to 1
  -i|--iqn=<str>        Indicate the iSCSI Qualified Name for the target to
                        use in this operation.
  -L|--lun=<long>       Indicate the LUN of the paths to use in this
                        operation.
  -M|--model=<str>      Indicate the model of the paths to use in this
                        operation.
  -P|--plugin=<str>     Indicate which PSA plugin to use for this operation.
                        (required)
  -r|--rule=<long>      Indicate the rule ID to use for this operation.
  -T|--target=<long>    Indicate the target of the paths to use in this
                        operation.
  -R|--transport=<str>  Indicate the transport of the paths to use in this
                        operation.  Valid Values are:  [block, fc, iscsi,
                        iscsivendor, ide, sas, sata, usb, parallel, unknown]
  -t|--type=<str>       Indicate which type of matching used for claim/unclaim
                        or claimrule. Valid values are:  [vendor, location,
                        driver, transport, device, target] (required)
  -V|--vendor=<str>     Indicate the vendor of the paths to user in this
                        operation.
  --wwnn=<str>          Indicate the World-Wide Node Number for the target to
                        use in this operation.
  --wwpn=<str>          Indicate the World-Wide Port Number for the target to
                        use in this operation.

Examples:

  Add rule #321 for the Filter plugin type that will claim the given device for the VAAI Filter plugin
# esxcli storage core claimrule add -r 321 -t device -P VAAI_FILTER --claimrule-class=Filter --device=mpx.vmhba0 

  Add rule #321 for the VAAI plugin type that will claim the given device for the VMW_VAAIP_SYMM plugin
# esxcli storage core claimrule add -r 321 -t device -P VMW_VAAIP_SYMM --claimrule-class=VAAI --device=naa.1234 

  Add rule #321 that will claim the path on adapter vmhba0, channel 0, target 0, LUN 0 for the NMP plugin
# esxcli storage core claimrule add -r 321 -t location -A vmhba0 -C 0 -T 0 -L 0 -P NMP 

  Add rule #429 for the MP claim rule type that will claim all paths provided by an adapter with the mptscsi driver for the MASK_PATH plugin.
# esxcli storage core claimrule add -r 429 -t driver -D mptscsi -P MASK_PATH --claimrule-class=MP 

  Add rule #914 to claim all paths with a vendor string matching "VMWARE" and a model string "Virtual"  for the NMP plugin
# esxcli storage core claimrule add -r 914 -t vendor -V VMWARE -M Virtual -P NMP 

  Add rule #1015 to claim all paths provided by Fibre Channel type adapters for the NMP plugin.
# esxcli storage core claimrule add -r 1015 -t transport -R fc -P NMP 

  Add rule #429 to claim all paths provided by Fibre Channel Target on given WWNN and WWPN.
# esxcli storage core claimrule add -r 429 -P NMP -t target -R fc --wwnn 50:06:01:60:ba:60:11:53 --wwpn 50:06:01:60:3a:60:11:53  

  Add rule #429 to claim paths to LUN 5 provided by iSCSI Target on given IQN.
# esxcli storage core claimrule add -r 429 -P NMP -t target -R iscsi --iqn iqn.2001-04.com.example:storage.disk2.sys1.xyz --lun 5  

  Add a rule with a system assigned rule id to claim all paths provided by Fibre Channel type adapters for the NMP plugin.
# esxcli storage core claimrule add --autoassign -t transport -R fc -P NMP 



Usage: esxcli storage core claimrule convert [cmd options]

Description: 
  convert               Convert ESX 3.x style /adv/Disk/MaskLUNs LUN masks to
                        Claim Rule format.
                        WARNING: This conversion will not work for all input
                        MaskLUNs variations! Please inspect the list of
                        generated claim rules carefuly, then if the suggested
                        LUN mask claim rules are correct use the --commit
                        parameter to write the list to the config file.

Cmd options:
  -C|--commit           Force LUN mask config changes to be saved. If this
                        parameter is omitted, config file changes will not be
                        saved.



Usage: esxcli storage core claimrule list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List all the claimrules on the system.

Cmd options:
  -c|--claimrule-class=<str>
                        Indicate the claim rule class to use in this operation
                        [MP, Filter, VAAI, all].



Usage: esxcli storage core claimrule load [cmd options]

Description: 
  load                  Load path claiming rules from config file into the
                        VMkernel.

Cmd options:
  -c|--claimrule-class=<str>
                        Indicate the claim rule class to use in this operation
                        [MP, Filter, VAAI, all].



Usage: esxcli storage core claimrule move [cmd options]

Description: 
  move                  Move a claimrule from one rule id to another

Cmd options:
  -c|--claimrule-class=<str>
                        Indicate the claim rule class to use in this operation
                        [MP, Filter, VAAI].
  -n|--new-rule=<long>  Indicate the new rule id you wish to apply to the rule
                        given by the --rule parameter. (required)
  -r|--rule=<long>      Indicate the rule ID to use for this operation.
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli storage core claimrule remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Delete a claimrule to the set of claimrules on the
                        system.

Cmd options:
  -c|--claimrule-class=<str>
                        Indicate the claim rule class to use in this operation
                        [MP, Filter, VAAI].
  -P|--plugin=<str>     Indicate the plugin to use for this operation.
  -r|--rule=<long>      Indicate the rule ID to use for this operation.



Usage: esxcli storage core claimrule run [cmd options]

Description: 
  run                   Execute path claiming rules.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    If the --type parameter is 'location' this value
                        indicates the name of the host bus adapter for the
                        paths you wish to run claim rules on. This parameter
                        can be omitted to indicate claim rules should be run
                        on paths from all adapters.
  -C|--channel=<long>   If the --type parameter is 'location' this value
                        indicates the value of the SCSI channel number for the
                        paths you wish to run claim rules on. This parameter
                        can be omitted to indicate claim rules should be run
                        on paths with any channel number.
  -c|--claimrule-class=<str>
                        Indicate the claim rule class to use in this operation
                        [MP, Filter].
  -d|--device=<str>     Indicate the Device Uid to use for this operation.
  -L|--lun=<long>       If the --type paramter is 'location' this value
                        indicates the value of the SCSI Logical Unit Number
                        (LUN) for the paths you wish to run claim rules on.
                        This parameter can be omitted to indicate claim rules
                        should be run on paths with any Logical Unit Number.
  -p|--path=<str>       If the --type paramter is 'path' this value indicates
                        the unique path identifier (UID) or the runtime name
                        of a path which you wish to run claim rules on.
  -T|--target=<long>    If the --type parameter is 'location' this value
                        indicates the value of the SCSI target number for the
                        paths you wish to run claim rules on. This parameter
                        can be omitted to indicate claim rules should be run
                        on paths with any target number.
  -t|--type=<str>       Indicate the type of claim run you wish to perform. By
                        default the value of 'all' will be used indicating you
                        wish to run claim rules without restricting the run to
                        specific paths or SCSI addresses. Valid values for
                        this parameter are  [location, path, device, all]
  -w|--wait             If the --wait flag is provided then the claim command
                        will wait until device registration has completed to
                        return. This option is only valid when used with the
                        --all option.



Usage: esxcli storage core device detached list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  Lists all devices that were detached manually by
                        changing their state on the system.

Cmd options:
  -d|--device=<str>     Filter the output of the command to limit the output
                        to a specific device.



Usage: esxcli storage core device detached remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Provide control to allow a user to remove Detached
                        devices from the persistent detached device list.

Cmd options:
  -d|--device=<str>     Select the detached device to remove from the Detached
                        Device List. (required)



Usage: esxcli storage core device list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  For devices currently registered with the PSA, list
                        the filters attached to them.

Cmd options:
  -d|--device=<str>     Filter the output of this command to only show a
                        single device.



Usage: esxcli storage core device partition list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  For a given device list all of the partitions

Cmd options:
  -d|--device=<str>     Filter the output to a specific device.



Usage: esxcli storage core device partition showguid [cmd options]

Description: 
  showguid              For a given device list the GUID for GPT partitions

Cmd options:
  -d|--device=<str>     Filter the output to a specific device.



Usage: esxcli storage core device set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Provide control to allow a user to modify a SCSI
                        device's state.

Cmd options:
  -D|--default-name     Set the default display name for the device. If there
                        is an existing user defined name it will be changed.
  -d|--device=<str>     The device you wish to operate upon. This can be any
                        of the UIDs that a device reports. (required)
  -f|--force            Force the device state to be set.
  -n|--name=<str>       The new name to assign the given device.
  -N|--no-persist       Set device state non-peristently; state is lost after
                        reboot.
  -s|--queue-full-sample-size=<long>
                        Set device's queue full sample size. IO samples to
                        monitor for detecting non-transient queue full
                        condition. Should be non zero to enable queue depth
                        throttling.
  -q|--queue-full-threshold=<long>
                        Set device's queue full threshold. BUSY or QFULL
                        threshold,upon which LUN queue depth will be
                        throttled. Should be <= queue-full-sample-size if
                        throttling is enabled.
  -O|--sched-num-req-outstanding=<long>
                        Set number of outstanding IOs with competing worlds.
  --state=<str>         Set the SCSI device state for a the specific device
                        given. Valid values are :
                            off: Set the device's state to OFF.
                            on: Set the device's state to ON.



Usage: esxcli storage core device setconfig [cmd options]

Description: 
  setconfig             Set device configuration

Cmd options:
  --detached            Mark device as detached.
  -d|--device=<str>     Apply the command to a single device. (required)
  --perennially-reserved
                        Mark device as perennially reserved.

Examples:

  Mark device naa.1234 as persistently detached
# esxcli storage core device setconfig -d naa.1234 --detached=true 

  Mark device naa.1234 as perennially reserved. This is used in cluster environments to stop retrying IOs to quorum disks which are perennially reserve by another host, thereby speeding up boot times for other ESX hosts that share the disk
# esxcli storage core device setconfig -d naa.1234 --perennially-reserved=true 



Usage: esxcli storage core device smart get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   List Smart device parameters.

Cmd options:
  -d|--device-name=<str>
                        The Smart device name (required)



Usage: esxcli storage core device stats get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   List the SCSI stats for SCSI Devices in the system.

Cmd options:
  -d|--device=<str>     Limit the stats output to one specific device. This
                        device name can be any of the UIDs the device reports



Usage: esxcli storage core device vaai status get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   List VAAI properties for devices currently registered
                        with the PSA.

Cmd options:
  -d|--device=<str>     Filter the output of this command to only show a
                        single device.



Usage: esxcli storage core device world list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  Get a list of the worlds that are currently using
                        devices on the ESX host.

Cmd options:
  -d|--device=<str>     Filter the output of the command to limit the output
                        to a specific device.  This device name can be any of
                        the UIDs registered for a device.



Usage: esxcli storage core path list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List all the SCSI paths on the system.

Cmd options:
  -d|--device=<str>     Limit the output to paths to a specific device.   This
                        name can be any of the UIDs for a specific device.
  -p|--path=<str>       Limit the output to a specific path. This  name can be
                        either the UID or the runtime name of the path.



Usage: esxcli storage core path set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Provide control to allow a user to modify a single
                        path's state. This efffectively allows a user to
                        enable or disable SCSI paths. The user is not able to
                        change the full range of path states, but can toggle
                        between 'active' and 'off'. Please NOTE changing the
                        Path state on any path that is the only path to a
                        given device is likely to fail. The VMkernel will not
                        change the path's state if changing the state would
                        cause an 'All paths down' state or the device is
                        currently in use.

Cmd options:
  -p|--path=<str>       Select the path to set path state on. This can be a
                        Runtime Name or Path UID (required)
  --state=<str>         Set the SCSI path state for a the specific path given.
                        Valid values are :
                            active: Set the path's state to active. This may
                        be immediately changed by the system to another state
                        if the active state is not appropriate.
                            off: Administratively disable this path.
                         (required)



Usage: esxcli storage core path stats get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   List the SCSI stats for the SCSI Paths in the system.

Cmd options:
  -p|--path=<str>       Limit the stats output to one specific path. This path
                        name can be the runtime name or the path UID.



Usage: esxcli storage core plugin list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List loaded PSA plugins on the system.

Cmd options:
  -N|--plugin-class=<str>
                        Indicate the class of plugin to limit the list to.
                        Allowed values are :
                            Filter: Filter plugins
                            MP: MultiPathing plugins
                            VAAI: VAAI plugins
                            all: All PSA Plugins (default)



Usage: esxcli storage core plugin registration add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Register a plugin module with PSA.

Cmd options:
  -d|--dependencies=<str>
                        Add the [optional] dependencies for this module to
                        loaded
  -I|--full-path=<str>  Add the [optional] full path to this module
  -m|--module-name=<str>
                        Select the module name to be registered (required)
  -N|--plugin-class=<str>
                        Indicate the class of plugin to register.  Allowed
                        values are MP, VAAI or MPP defined subplugins like
                        PSP, SATP. (required)
  -P|--plugin-name=<str>
                        Select the plugin name to be registered (required)



Usage: esxcli storage core plugin registration list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List modules currently registered with PSA.

Cmd options:
  -m|--module-name=<str>
                        Filter the output of this command to only show a
                        single module.
  -N|--plugin-class=<str>
                        Indicate the class of plugin to list.  Allowed values
                        are MP, VAAI or MPP defined subplugins like PSP, SATP.



Usage: esxcli storage core plugin registration remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                UnRegister a plugin module with PSA.

Cmd options:
  -m|--module-name=<str>
                        Select the module name to be unregistered (required)



Usage: esxcli storage filesystem automount [cmd options]

Description: 
  automount             Request mounting of known datastores not explicitly
                        unmounted.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli storage filesystem list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the volumes available to the host. This includes
                        VMFS, NAS, VFAT and UFS partitions.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli storage filesystem mount [cmd options]

Description: 
  mount                 Connect to and mount an unmounted volume on the ESX
                        host.

Cmd options:
  -n|--no-persist       Mount the volume non-peristently; the volume will not
                        be mounted after a restart.
  -l|--volume-label=<str>
                        The label of the volume to mount. This volume must be
                        unmounted for this operation to succeed.
  -u|--volume-uuid=<str>
                        The UUID of the VMFS filesystem to mount. This volume
                        must be unmounted for this operation to succeed.



Usage: esxcli storage filesystem rescan [cmd options]

Description: 
  rescan                Issue a rescan operation to the VMkernel to have is
                        scan storage devices for new mountable filesystems.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli storage filesystem unmount [cmd options]

Description: 
  unmount               Disconnect and unmount and existing VMFS or NAS
                        volume. This will not delete the configuration for the
                        volume, but will remove the volume from the list of
                        mounted volumes.

Cmd options:
  -n|--no-persist       Unmount the volume non-peristently; the volume will be
                        automounted after a restart.
  -l|--volume-label=<str>
                        The label of the volume to unmount.
  -p|--volume-path=<str>
                        The path of the volume to unmount.
  -u|--volume-uuid=<str>
                        The uuid of the volume to unmount.



Usage: esxcli storage nfs add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Add a new NAS volume to the ESX Host and mount it with
                        the given volume name.

Cmd options:
  -H|--host=<str>       The hostname or IP address of the NAS volume to add
                        and mount on the system. (required)
  -r|--readonly         If set this flag will set the mount point to be read-
                        only.
  -s|--share=<str>      The share name on the remote system to use for this
                        NAS mount point. (required)
  -v|--volume-name=<str>
                        The volume name to use for the NAS mount.  This must
                        be a unique volume name and cannot conflict with
                        existing NAS, VMFS or other volume names. (required)



Usage: esxcli storage nfs list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the NAS volumes currently known to the ESX host.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli storage nfs param get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get the volume parameters of the NAS volumes.

Cmd options:
  -n|--volume-name=<str>
                        NAS volume name("all" to list all). (required)



Usage: esxcli storage nfs param set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the volume parameters of the NAS volumes.

Cmd options:
  -q|--maxqueuedepth=<long>
                        The maximum queue depth for the NAS volume.
  -n|--volume-name=<str>
                        The NAS volume name. (required)



Usage: esxcli storage nfs remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Remove an existing NAS volume from the ESX host.

Cmd options:
  -v|--volume-name=<str>
                        The volume name of the NAS volume to remove from the
                        ESX host. (required)



Usage: esxcli storage nmp device list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the devices currently controlled by the VMware
                        NMP Multipath Plugin and show the SATP and PSP
                        information associated with that device.

Cmd options:
  -d|--device=<str>     Filter the output of this command to only show a
                        single device.



Usage: esxcli storage nmp device set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Allow setting of the Path Selection Policy (PSP) for
                        the given device to one of the loaded policies on the
                        system.

Cmd options:
  -E|--default          The Path selection policy is set back to the default
                        for the assigned SATP for this device.
  -d|--device=<str>     The device you wish to set the Path Selection Policy
                        for. (required)
  -P|--psp=<str>        The Path selection policy you wish to assign to the
                        given device.



Usage: esxcli storage nmp path list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the paths currently claimed by the VMware NMP
                        Multipath Plugin and show the SATP and PSP information
                        associated with that path.

Cmd options:
  -d|--device=<str>     Filter the output of this command to only show paths
                        to a single device.
  -p|--path=<str>       Filter the output of this command to only show a
                        single path.



Usage: esxcli storage nmp psp fixed deviceconfig get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Allow retrieving of Fixed Path Selection Policy
                        settings for a given device.

Cmd options:
  -d|--device=<str>     The device you wish to get the Preferred path for.
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli storage nmp psp fixed deviceconfig set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Allow setting of the perferred path on a given device
                        controlled by the Fixed Path Selection Policy.

Cmd options:
  -g|--cfgfile          Update the config file and runtime with the new
                        setting.  In case device is claimed by another PSP,
                        ignore any errors when applying to runtime
                        configuration.
  -E|--default          Clear the preferred path selection for the given
                        device.
  -d|--device=<str>     The device you wish to set the preferred path for.
                        This device must be controlled by the Fixed Path
                        Selection Policy(except when -g is specified)
                        (required)
  -p|--path=<str>       The path you wish to set as the preferred path for the
                        given device.



Usage: esxcli storage nmp psp generic deviceconfig get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Allow retrieving of per device PSP configuration
                        parameters.

Cmd options:
  -d|--device=<str>     The device you wish to get PSP configuration for.
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli storage nmp psp generic deviceconfig set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Allow setting of per device PSP configuration
                        parameters.  This command will set the configuration
                        for the given device with whichever PSP it is
                        currently configurated with.

Cmd options:
  -g|--cfgfile          Update the config file and runtime with the new
                        setting.  In case device is claimed by another PSP,
                        ignore any errors when applying to runtime
                        configuration.
  -c|--config=<str>     The configuration string you wish to set. (required)
  -d|--device=<str>     The device you wish to set PSP configuration for.
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli storage nmp psp generic pathconfig get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Allow retrieving of per path PSP configuration
                        parameters.

Cmd options:
  -p|--path=<str>       The path you wish to get PSP configuration for.
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli storage nmp psp generic pathconfig set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Allow setting of per path PSP configuration
                        parameters.  This command will set the configuration
                        for the given path with whichever PSP it is currently
                        configurated with.

Cmd options:
  -g|--cfgfile          Update the config file and runtime with the new
                        setting.  In case device is claimed by another PSP,
                        ignore any errors when applying to runtime
                        configuration.
  -c|--config=<str>     The configuration string you wish to set. (required)
  -p|--path=<str>       The path you wish to set PSP configuration for.
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli storage nmp psp list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the Path Selection Plugins (PSP) that are
                        currently loaded into the NMP system and display
                        information about those PSPs

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli storage nmp psp roundrobin deviceconfig get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Allow retrieving of Round Robin Path Selection Policy
                        settings for a given device.

Cmd options:
  -d|--device=<str>     The device you wish to get the Round Robin properties
                        for. (required)



Usage: esxcli storage nmp psp roundrobin deviceconfig set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Allow setting of the Round Robin path options on a
                        given device controlled by the Round Robin Selection
                        Policy.

Cmd options:
  -B|--bytes=<long>     When the --type option is set to 'bytes' this is the
                        value that will be assigned to the byte limit value
                        for this device.
  -g|--cfgfile          Update the config file and runtime with the new
                        setting.  In case device is claimed by another PSP,
                        ignore any errors when applying to runtime
                        configuration.
  -d|--device=<str>     The device you wish to set the Round Robin settings
                        for. This device must be controlled by the Round Robin
                        Path Selection Policy(except when -g is specified)
                        (required)
  -I|--iops=<long>      When the --type option is set to 'iops' this is the
                        value that will be assigned to the I/O operation limit
                        value for this device.
  -t|--type=<str>       Set the type of the Round Robin path switching that
                        should be enabled for this device. Valid values for
                        type are:
                            bytes: Set the trigger for path switching based on
                        the number of bytes sent down a path.
                            default: Set the trigger for path switching back
                        to default values.
                            iops: Set the trigger for path switching based on
                        the number of I/O operations on a path.
  -U|--useano           Set useano to true,to also include non-optimizedpaths
                        in the set of active paths used to issue I/Os on this
                        device,otherwise set it to false



Usage: esxcli storage nmp satp generic deviceconfig get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Allow retrieving of per device SATP configuration
                        parameters.

Cmd options:
  -d|--device=<str>     The device you wish to get SATP configuration for.
                        (required)
  -e|--exclude-tpg-info Exclude TPG info from the device's SATP configuration.



Usage: esxcli storage nmp satp generic deviceconfig set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Allow setting of per device SATP configuration
                        parameters. This command will set the configuration
                        for the given device with whichever SATP it is
                        currently configurated with.

Cmd options:
  -c|--config=<str>     The configuration string you wish to set. (required)
  -d|--device=<str>     The device you wish to set SATP configuration for.



Usage: esxcli storage nmp satp generic pathconfig get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Allow retrieving of per path SATP configuration
                        parameters.

Cmd options:
  -p|--path=<str>       The path you wish to get SATP configuration for.
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli storage nmp satp generic pathconfig set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Allow setting of per path SATP configuration
                        parameters.  This command will set the configuration
                        for the given path with whichever SATP it is currently
                        configurated with.

Cmd options:
  -c|--config=<str>     The configuration string you wish to set. (required)
  -p|--path=<str>       The path you wish to set SATP configuration for.
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli storage nmp satp list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the Storage Array Type Plugins (SATP) that are
                        currently loaded into the NMP system and display
                        information about those SATPs

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli storage nmp satp rule add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Add a rule to the list of claim rules for the given
                        SATP.

Cmd options:
  -b|--boot             This is a system default rule added at boot time. Do
                        not modify esx.conf or add to host profile.
  -c|--claim-option=<str>
                        Set the claim option string when adding a SATP claim
                        rule.
  -e|--description=<str>
                        Set the claim rule description when adding a SATP
                        claim rule.
  -d|--device=<str>     Set the device when adding SATP claim rules. Device
                        rules are mutually exclusive with vendor/model and
                        driver rules.
  -D|--driver=<str>     Set the driver string when adding a SATP claim rule.
                        Driver rules are mutually exclusive with vendor/model
                        rules.
  -f|--force            Force claim rules to ignore validity checks and
                        install the rule anyway.
  -M|--model=<str>      Set the model string when adding SATP a claim rule.
                        Vendor/Model rules are mutually exclusive with driver
                        rules.
  -o|--option=<str>     Set the option string when adding a SATP claim rule.
  -P|--psp=<str>        Set the default PSP for the SATP claim rule.
  -O|--psp-option=<str> Set the PSP options for the SATP claim rule.
  -s|--satp=<str>       The SATP for which a new rule will be added.
                        (required)
  -R|--transport=<str>  Set the claim transport type string when adding a SATP
                        claim rule.
  -t|--type=<str>       Set the claim type when adding a SATP claim rule.
  -V|--vendor=<str>     Set the vendor string when adding SATP claim rules.
                        Vendor/Model rules are mutually exclusive with driver
                        rules.



Usage: esxcli storage nmp satp rule list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the claiming rules for Storage Array Type Plugins
                        (SATP)

Cmd options:
  -s|--satp=<str>       Filter the SATP rules to a specific SATP



Usage: esxcli storage nmp satp rule remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Delete a rule from the list of claim rules for the
                        given SATP.

Cmd options:
  -b|--boot             This is a system default rule added at boot time. Do
                        not modify esx.conf or add to host profile.
  -c|--claim-option=<str>
                        The claim option string for the SATP claim rule to
                        delete.
  -e|--description=<str>
                        The desription string for the SATP claim rule to
                        delete.
  -d|--device=<str>     The device for the SATP claim rule to delete
  -D|--driver=<str>     The driver string for the SATP claim rule to delete.
  -M|--model=<str>      The model string for the SATP claim rule to delete.
  -o|--option=<str>     The option string for the SATP claim rule to delete.
  -P|--psp=<str>        The default PSP for the SATP claim rule to delete.
  -O|--psp-option=<str> The PSP options for the SATP claim rule to delete.
  -s|--satp=<str>       The SATP for which a rule will be deleted. (required)
  -R|--transport=<str>  The transport type for the SATP claim rule to delete.
  -t|--type=<str>       Set the claim type when adding a SATP claim rule.
  -V|--vendor=<str>     The vendor string for the SATP claim rule to delete



Usage: esxcli storage nmp satp set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the default Path Selection Policy for a given
                        Storage Array Type Plugin (SATP).

Cmd options:
  -b|--boot             This is a system default rule added at boot time. Do
                        not modify esx.conf or add to host profile.
  -P|--default-psp=<str>
                        The default path selection policy to set for a given
                        --satp  (required)
  -s|--satp=<str>       The SATP name for the Storage Array Type Plugin on
                        which this command will operate. (required)



Usage: esxcli storage san fc events clear [cmd options]

Description: 
  clear                 Clear events for a given FC adapter on the system.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    Issue Clear Event command to specified Fibre Channel
                        HBA. (required)



Usage: esxcli storage san fc events get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get Events for FC Devices

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    FC adapter name (vmhbaX), or none, to retrieve all.



Usage: esxcli storage san fc list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List attributes of all FC adapters on the system.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    FC adapter name (vmhbaX), or none, to list all.



Usage: esxcli storage san fc reset [cmd options]

Description: 
  reset                 Perform LIP (Loop Initiation Primitive) Reset to a
                        given FC adapter on the system.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    Issue LIP Reset command to given Fibre Channel HBA.
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli storage san fc stats get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get statistics for a given FC adapter, or all FC
                        adapters on the system.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    FC adapter name (vmhbaX), or none, to list all.



Usage: esxcli storage san fcoe list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List attributes of all FCoE adapters on the system.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    FCoE adapter name (vmhbaX), or none, to list all.



Usage: esxcli storage san fcoe reset [cmd options]

Description: 
  reset                 Perform LIP (Loop Initiation Primitive) Reset to a
                        given FCoE adapter on the system.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    Issue LIP Reset command to given hba. (required)



Usage: esxcli storage san fcoe stats get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get statistics for a given FCoE adapter, or all FCoE
                        adapters on the system.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    FCoE adapter name (vmhbaX), or none, to list all.



Usage: esxcli storage san iscsi list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List attributes of all Software iSCSI adapters on the
                        system.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    iSCSI adapter name (vmhbaX), or none, to list all.



Usage: esxcli storage san iscsi stats get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get statistics for Software iSCSI adapter.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    iSCSI device name (vmhbaX), or none, to list all.



Usage: esxcli storage san sas list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List all SAS IO Device Management devices.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    SAS adapter name (vmhbaX), or none, to list all.



Usage: esxcli storage san sas reset [cmd options]

Description: 
  reset                 Perform SAS Reset

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    Issue Reset command to given hba. (required)



Usage: esxcli storage san sas stats get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   List Stats for given device, or all devices.

Cmd options:
  -A|--adapter=<str>    SAS adapter name (vmhbaX), or none, to list all.



Usage: esxcli storage vflash cache get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get individual vflash cache info.

Cmd options:
  -c|--cache-name=<str> The vflash cache name (required)
  -m|--module-name=<str>
                        The vflash module name



Usage: esxcli storage vflash cache list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List individual vflash caches.

Cmd options:
  -m|--module-name=<str>
                        The vflash module name



Usage: esxcli storage vflash cache stats get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get vflash cache statistics.

Cmd options:
  -c|--cache-name=<str> The vflash cache file name (required)
  -m|--module-name=<str>
                        The vflash module name



Usage: esxcli storage vflash cache stats reset [cmd options]

Description: 
  reset                 Reset vflash cache statistics.

Cmd options:
  -c|--cache-name=<str> The vflash cache file name (required)
  -m|--module-name=<str>
                        The vflash module name



Usage: esxcli storage vflash device list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List vflash SSD devices.

Cmd options:
  -e|--eligible         List the eligible / ineligible SSD devices for vflash.
  -u|--used             List the used / unused SSD devices for vflash.



Usage: esxcli storage vflash module get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get vflash module info.

Cmd options:
  -m|--module-name=<str>
                        The vflash module name



Usage: esxcli storage vflash module list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List vflash modules.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli storage vflash module stats get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get vflash module statistics

Cmd options:
  -m|--module-name=<str>
                        The vflash module name



Usage: esxcli storage vmfs extent list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the VMFS extents available on the host.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli storage vmfs snapshot extent list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List extents of unresolved snapshots/replicas of VMFS
                        volume.

Cmd options:
  -l|--volume-label=<str>
                        The VMFS volume label of the target snapshot to
                        enumerate.
  -u|--volume-uuid=<str>
                        The VMFS volume uuid of the target snapshot to
                        enumerate.



Usage: esxcli storage vmfs snapshot list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List unresolved snapshots/replicas of VMFS volume.

Cmd options:
  -l|--volume-label=<str>
                        The VMFS volume label of the snapshot to list.
  -u|--volume-uuid=<str>
                        The VMFS volume uuid of the snapshot to list.



Usage: esxcli storage vmfs snapshot mount [cmd options]

Description: 
  mount                 Mount a snapshot/replica of a VMFS volume.

Cmd options:
  -n|--no-persist       Mount the volume non-peristently; the volume will not
                        be automounted after a restart.
  -l|--volume-label=<str>
                        The VMFS volume label of the snapshot to mount.
  -u|--volume-uuid=<str>
                        The VMFS volume uuid of the snapshot to mount.



Usage: esxcli storage vmfs snapshot resignature [cmd options]

Description: 
  resignature           Resignature a snapshot/replica of a VMFS volume.

Cmd options:
  -l|--volume-label=<str>
                        The VMFS volume label of the snapshot to resignature.
  -u|--volume-uuid=<str>
                        The VMFS volume uuid of the snapshot to resignature.



Usage: esxcli storage vmfs unmap [cmd options]

Description: 
  unmap                 Reclaim the space by unmapping free blocks from VMFS
                        Volume

Cmd options:
  -n|--reclaim-unit=<long>
                        Number of VMFS blocks that should be unmapped per
                        iteration.
  -l|--volume-label=<str>
                        The label of the VMFS volume to unmap the free blocks.
  -u|--volume-uuid=<str>
                        The uuid of the VMFS volume to unmap the free blocks.



Usage: esxcli storage vmfs upgrade [cmd options]

Description: 
  upgrade               Upgrade a VMFS3 volume to VMFS5.

Cmd options:
  -l|--volume-label=<str>
                        The label of the VMFS volume to upgrade.
  -u|--volume-uuid=<str>
                        The uuid of the VMFS volume to upgrade.



Usage: esxcli system boot device get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get the systems boot device.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system coredump file add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Create a VMkernel Dump VMFS file for this system.

Cmd options:
  -a|--auto             Automatically create a file if none found and
                        autoCreateDumpFile kernel option is set.
  -d|--datastore=<str>  Manually specify the datastore the Dump File is
                        created in.  If not provided, a datastore of
                        sufficient size will be automatically chosen.
  -f|--file=<str>       Manually specify the file name of the created Dump
                        File.  If not provided, a unique name will be chosen.
  -s|--size=<long>      Manually set the size in MB of the created Dump File.
                        If not provided, a default size for the current
                        machine will be calculated.



Usage: esxcli system coredump file get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get the dump file path. Display path to the active
                        and/or configured VMFS Dump File.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system coredump file list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the active and configured VMFS Diagnostic Files.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system coredump file remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Remove a VMkernel Dump VMFS file from this system.

Cmd options:
  -f|--file=<str>       Specify the file name of the Dump File to be removed.
                        If not given, the configured dump file will be
                        removed.
  -F|--force            Deactivate and unconfigure the dump file being
                        removed.  This option is required if the file is
                        active.



Usage: esxcli system coredump file set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the active and configured VMkernel Dump VMFS file
                        for this system.

Cmd options:
  -e|--enable           Enable or disable the VMkernel dump file. This option
                        cannot be specified when unconfiguring the dump file.
  -p|--path=<str>       The path of the VMFS Dump File to use. This must be a
                        pre-allocated file.
  -s|--smart            This flag can be used only with --enable=true. It will
                        cause the file to be selected using the smart
                        selection algorithm.
  -u|--unconfigure      Unconfigure the current VMFS Dump file.



Usage: esxcli system coredump network check [cmd options]

Description: 
  check                 Check the status of the configured network dump server

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system coredump network get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get the currently configured parameters for network
                        coredump, if enabled.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system coredump network set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the parameters used for network core dump

Cmd options:
  -e|--enable           Enable network dump. This option cannot be specified
                        when setting the dump parameters below.
  -v|--interface-name=<str>
                        An active interface to be used for the network core
                        dump. Required option when setting dump parameters.
  -i|--server-ipv4=<str>
                        IP address of the core dump server. Required option
                        when setting dump parameters.
  -o|--server-port=<long>
                        Port on which the core dump server is listening.
                        (Optional)



Usage: esxcli system coredump partition get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get one of the dump partition configured values. This
                        command will print either the active dump partition or
                        the configured dump partition depending on the flags
                        passed.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system coredump partition list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List all of the partitions on the system that have a
                        partition type matching the VMware Core partition
                        type. Also indicate which partition, if any, is being
                        used as the system's dump partition and which is
                        configured to be used at next boot.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system coredump partition set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the specific VMkernel dump partition for this
                        system. This will configure the dump partition for the
                        next boot. This command will change the active dump
                        partition to the partition specified.

Cmd options:
  -e|--enable           Enable or disable the VMkernel dump partition. This
                        option cannot be specified when setting or
                        unconfiguring the dump partition.
  -p|--partition=<str>  The name of the partition to use. This should be a
                        device name with a partition number at the end.
                        Example: naa.xxxxx:1
  -s|--smart            This flag can be used only with --enable=true. It will
                        cause the best available partition to be selected
                        using the smart selection algorithm.
  -u|--unconfigure      Set the dump partition into an unconfigured state.
                        This will remove the current configured dump partition
                        for the next boot. This will result in the smart
                        activate algorithm being used at the next boot.



Usage: esxcli system hostname get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get the host, domain or fully qualified name of the
                        ESX host.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system hostname set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   This command allows the user to set the hostname,
                        domain name or fully qualified domain name of the ESX
                        host.

Cmd options:
  -d|--domain=<str>     The domain name to set for the ESX host. This option
                        is mutually exclusive with the --fqdn option.
  -f|--fqdn=<str>       Set the fully qualified domain name of the ESX host.
  -H|--host=<str>       The host name to set for the ESX host. This name
                        should not contain the DNS domain name of the host and
                        can only contain letters, numbers and '-'. NOTE this
                        is not the fully qualified name, that can be set with
                        the --fqdn option. This option is mutually exclusive
                        with the --fqdn option.



Usage: esxcli system maintenanceMode get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get the maintenance mode state of the system.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system maintenanceMode set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Enable or disable the maintenance mode of the system.

Cmd options:
  -e|--enable           enable maintenance mode (required)
  -t|--timeout=<long>   Time to perform operation in seconds (default 60
                        seconds)



Usage: esxcli system module get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Show the ELF header information for the given VMkernel
                        module.

Cmd options:
  -m|--module=<str>     The name of the VMkernel module to get the option
                        string for. (required)



Usage: esxcli system module list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the VMkernel modules that the system knows about.

Cmd options:
  -e|--enabled          List the enabled / disabled VMkernel modules and
                        device drivers.
  -l|--loaded           List the loaded / not loaded VMkernel modules and
                        device drivers.



Usage: esxcli system module load [cmd options]

Description: 
  load                  Load a VMkernel module with the given name if it is
                        enabled. If the module is disabled then the use of
                        --force is required to load the module.

Cmd options:
  -f|--force            Ignore the enabled/disabled state of this module and
                        force it to load.
  -m|--module=<str>     The name of the VMkernel module to load. (required)



Usage: esxcli system module parameters list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the parameters, a descriptions of each parameter
                        supported for a given module name and the user defined
                        value for each parameter.

Cmd options:
  -m|--module=<str>     The name of the VMkernel module to get the option
                        string for. (required)



Usage: esxcli system module parameters set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the load time parameters for the given VMkernel
                        module.

Cmd options:
  -f|--force            Skip VMkernel module validity checks and set
                        parameters for a module (or alias) with the given
                        name.
  -m|--module=<str>     The name of the VMkernel module to set parameters for.
                        (required)
  -p|--parameter-string=<str>
                        The string containing the parameters for this module.
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli system module set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Allow enabling and disabling of a VMkernel module.

Cmd options:
  -e|--enabled          Set to true to enable the module, set to false to
                        disable the module. (required)
  -f|--force            Skip VMkernel module validity checks and set options
                        for a module (or alias) with the given name.
  -m|--module=<str>     The name of the VMkernel module to set options for.
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli system process list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the VMkernel UserWorld processes currently on the
                        host.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system process stats load get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   System load average over the last 1, 5 and 15 minutes.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system process stats running get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Number of currently running processes.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system secpolicy domain list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the enforcement level for each domain.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system secpolicy domain set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the enforcement level for a domain in the system.
                        Any option specified here is not persistent and will
                        not survive a reboot of the system.

Cmd options:
  -a|--all-domains      All domains.
  -l|--level=<str>      The enforcement level. (required)
  -n|--name=<str>       The domain name.



Usage: esxcli system settings advanced list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the advanced options available from the VMkernel.

Cmd options:
  -d|--delta            Only display options whose values differ from their
                        default.
  -o|--option=<str>     Only get the information for a single VMkernel
                        advanced option.
  -t|--tree=<str>       Limit the list of advanced option to a specific sub
                        tree.



Usage: esxcli system settings advanced set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the value of an advanced option.

Cmd options:
  -d|--default          Reset the option to its default value.
  -i|--int-value=<long> If the option is an integer value use this option.
  -o|--option=<str>     The name of the option to set the value of. Example:
                        "/Misc/HostName" (required)
  -s|--string-value=<str>
                        If the option is a string use this option.



Usage: esxcli system settings kernel list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List VMkernel kernel settings.

Cmd options:
  -d|--delta            Only display options whose values differ from their
                        default.
  -o|--option=<str>     The name of the VMkernel kernel setting to get.



Usage: esxcli system settings kernel set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set a VMKernel setting.

Cmd options:
  -s|--setting=<str>    The name of the VMKernel setting to set. (required)
  -v|--value=<str>      The value to set the setting to. (required)



Usage: esxcli system settings keyboard layout get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get the keyboard layout

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system settings keyboard layout list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the keyboard layout

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system settings keyboard layout set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the keyboard layout

Cmd options:
  -l|--layout=<str>     The name of the layout to set
  --no-persist          Only apply this layout for the current boot



Usage: esxcli system shutdown poweroff [cmd options]

Description: 
  poweroff              Power off the system. The host must be in maintenance
                        mode.

Cmd options:
  -d|--delay=<long>     Delay interval in seconds
  -r|--reason=<str>     Reason for performing the operation (required)



Usage: esxcli system shutdown reboot [cmd options]

Description: 
  reboot                Reboot the system. The host must be in maintenance
                        mode.

Cmd options:
  -d|--delay=<long>     Delay interval in seconds
  -r|--reason=<str>     Reason for performing the operation (required)



Usage: esxcli system snmp get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get SNMP Agent configuration

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system snmp hash [cmd options]

Description: 
  hash                  Generate localized hash values based on this agents
                        snmp engine id.

Cmd options:
  -A|--auth-hash=<str>  Provide filename to secret for authentication hash,
                        use in set --users (required)
  -X|--priv-hash=<str>  Provide filename to secret for privacy hash, use in
                        set --users
  -r|--raw-secret       Make -A and -X flags read raw secret from command line
                        instead of file.



Usage: esxcli system snmp set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   This command allows the user to set up ESX SNMP agent.

Cmd options:
  -a|--authentication=<str>
                        Set default authentication protocol. Values: none,
                        MD5, SHA1
  -c|--communities=<str>
                        Set up to ten communities each no more than 64
                        characters. Format is: community1[,community2,...]
                        (this overwrites previous settings)
  -e|--enable           Start or stop SNMP service. Values: [yes|no,
                        true|false, 0|1]
  -E|--engineid=<str>   Set SNMPv3 engine id. Must be at least 5 to 32
                        hexadecimal characters. 0x is stripped if found as
                        well as colons (:)
  -y|--hwsrc=<str>      Where to source hardware events from IPMI sensors or
                        CIM Indications. One of: indications|sensors
  -s|--largestorage     Support large storage for hrStorageAllocationUnits *
                        hrStorageSize. Values: [yes|no, true|false, 0|1].
                        Control how the agent reports
                        hrStorageAllocationUnits, hrStorageSize and
                        hrStorageUsed in hrStorageTable. Setting this
                        directive to 1 to support large storage with small
                        allocation units, the agent re-calculates these values
                        so they all fit Integer32 and hrStorageAllocationUnits
                        * hrStorageSize gives real size of the storage ( Note:
                        hrStorageAllocationUnits will not be real allocation
                        units if real hrStorageSize won't fit into Integer32
                        ). Setting this directive to 0 turns off this
                        calculation and the agent reports real
                        hrStorageAllocationUnits, but it might report wrong
                        hrStorageSize for large storage because the value
                        won't fit into Integer32.
  -l|--loglevel=<str>   System Agent syslog logging level:
                        debug|info|warning|error
  -n|--notraps=<str>    Comma separated list of trap oids for traps not to be
                        sent by agent. Use value 'reset' to clear setting
  -p|--port=<long>      Set UDP port to poll snmp agent on. The default is
                        udp/161
  -x|--privacy=<str>    Set default privacy protocol. Values: none, AES128
  -R|--remote-users=<str>
                        Set up to five inform user ids. Format is: user/auth-
                        proto/-|auth-hash/priv-proto/-|priv-hash/engine-
                        id[,...] Where user is 32 chars max. auth-proto is
                        none|MD5|SHA1, priv-proto is none|AES. '-' indicates
                        no hash. engine-id is hex string '0x0-9a-f' up to 32
                        chars max.
  -r|--reset            Return agent configuration to factory defaults
  -C|--syscontact=<str> System contact string as presented in sysContact.0. Up
                        to 255 characters
  -L|--syslocation=<str>
                        System location string as presented in sysLocation.0.
                        Up to 255 characters.
  -t|--targets=<str>    Set up to three targets to send SNMPv1 traps to.
                        Format is: ip-or-hostname[@port]/community[,...] The
                        default port is udp/162. (this overwrites previous
                        settings)
  -u|--users=<str>      Set up to five local users. Format is: user/-|auth-
                        hash/-|priv-hash/model[,...] Where user is 32 chars
                        max. '-' indicates no hash. Model is one of
                        (none|auth|priv).
  -i|--v3targets=<str>  Set up to three SNMPv3 notification targets. Format
                        is: ip-or-hostname[@port]/remote-user/security-
                        level/trap|inform[,...].



Usage: esxcli system snmp test [cmd options]

Description: 
  test                  Verify ESX SNMP notifications can be delivered to
                        target destinations.

Cmd options:
  -A|--auth-hash=<str>  Optionally test authentication secret generates
                        matching hash for user
  -X|--priv-hash=<str>  Optionally test privacy secret generates matching hash
                        for user
  -r|--raw-secret       Make -A and -X flags read raw secret from command line
                        instead of file.
  -u|--user=<str>       Validate a given SNMPv3 user name exists



Usage: esxcli system stats uptime get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Disply the number of microseconds the system has been
                        running.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system syslog config get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Show the current global configuration values

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system syslog config logger list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  Show the currently configured sub-loggers

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system syslog config logger set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set configuration options for a specific sub-logger

Cmd options:
  --id=<str>            The id of the logger to configure (required)
  --reset=<str>         Reset values to default
  --rotate=<long>       Number of rotated logs to keep for a specific logger
                        (requires --id)
  --size=<long>         Set size of logs before rotation for a specific
                        logger, in KiB (requires --id)



Usage: esxcli system syslog config set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set global log configuration options

Cmd options:
  --default-rotate=<long>
                        Default number of rotated local logs to keep
  --default-size=<long> Default size of local logs before rotation, in KiB
  --default-timeout=<long>
                        Default network retry timeout in seconds if a remote
                        server fails to respond
  --logdir=<str>        The directory to output local logs to
  --logdir-unique       Place logs in a unique subdirectory of logdir, based
                        on hostname
  --loghost=<str>       The remote host(s) to send logs to
  --reset=<str>         Reset values to default



Usage: esxcli system syslog mark [cmd options]

Description: 
  mark                  Mark all logs with the specified string

Cmd options:
  -s|--message=<str>    The message to place in the logs (required)



Usage: esxcli system syslog reload [cmd options]

Description: 
  reload                Reload the log daemon to apply any new configuration
                        options

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system time get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Disply the current system time.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system time set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the system clock time. Any missing parameters will
                        default to the current time

Cmd options:
  -d|--day=<long>       Day
  -H|--hour=<long>      Hour
  -m|--min=<long>       Minute
  -M|--month=<long>     Month
  -s|--sec=<long>       Second
  -y|--year=<long>      Year



Usage: esxcli system uuid get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get the system UUID.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system version get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Display the product name, version and build
                        information.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system visorfs get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Obtain status information on the memory filesystem as
                        a whole.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system visorfs ramdisk add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Add a new Visorfs RAM disk to the ESXi Host and mount
                        it.

Cmd options:
  -M|--max-size=<long>  Maximum size (max reservation in MiB) (required)
  -m|--min-size=<long>  Minimum size (min reservation in MiB) (required)
  -n|--name=<str>       Name for the ramdisk (required)
  -p|--permissions=<str>
                        Permissions for the root of the ramdisk (mode)
                        (required)
  -t|--target=<str>     Mountpoint for the ramdisk (absolute path) (required)



Usage: esxcli system visorfs ramdisk list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the RAM disks used by the host.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system visorfs ramdisk remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Remove a Visorfs RAM disk from the ESXi Host.

Cmd options:
  -t|--target=<str>     Mountpoint for the ramdisk (absolute path) (required)



Usage: esxcli system visorfs tardisk list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the tardisks used by the host.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system welcomemsg get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get the Welcome Message for DCUI.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli system welcomemsg set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Set the Welcome Message for DCUI.

Cmd options:
  -m|--message=<str>    Welcome Message String. (required)



Usage: esxcli vm process kill [cmd options]

Description: 
  kill                  Used to forcibly kill Virtual Machines that are stuck
                        and not responding to normal stop operations.

Cmd options:
  -t|--type=<str>       The type of kill operation to attempt. There are three
                        types of VM kills that can be attempted:   [soft,
                        hard, force]. Users should always attempt 'soft' kills
                        first, which will give the VMX process a chance to
                        shutdown cleanly (like kill or kill -SIGTERM). If that
                        does not work move to 'hard' kills which will shutdown
                        the process immediately (like kill -9 or kill
                        -SIGKILL). 'force' should be used as a last resort
                        attempt to kill the VM. If all three fail then a
                        reboot is required. (required)
  -w|--world-id=<long>  The World ID of the Virtual Machine to kill. This can
                        be obtained from the 'vm process list' command
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli vm process list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the virtual machines on this system. This command
                        currently will only list running VMs on the system.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli vsan cluster get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get the information of the VSAN cluster that this host
                        is joined to.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli vsan cluster join [cmd options]

Description: 
  join                  Join the host to a given VSAN cluster.

Cmd options:
  -u|--cluster-uuid=<str>
                        VSAN cluster UUID of the cluster instance which the
                        host will join, or create, in the form "nnnnnnnn-nnnn-
                        nnnn-nnnn-nnnnnnnnnnnn" where n are hexadecimal
                        digits. (required)
  -w|--wait             Wait until the node joins the cluster



Usage: esxcli vsan cluster leave [cmd options]

Description: 
  leave                 Leave the VSAN cluster the host is currently joined
                        to.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli vsan cluster restore [cmd options]

Description: 
  restore               Restore the persisted VSAN cluster configuration.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli vsan datastore name get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get VSAN datastore name.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli vsan datastore name set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Configure VSAN datastore name. In general, Rename
                        should always be done at cluster level. Across a VSAN
                        cluster VSAN datastore name should be in sync.

Cmd options:
  --newname=<str>       Set VSAN datastore name. (required)



Usage: esxcli vsan maintenancemode cancel [cmd options]

Description: 
  cancel                Cancel an in-progress VSAN maintenance mode operation.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli vsan network clear [cmd options]

Description: 
  clear                 Clear the VSAN network configuration.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli vsan network ipv4 add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Add an IPv4 interface to the VSAN network
                        configuration.

Cmd options:
  -d|--agent-mc-addr=<str>
                        Optional IPv4 multicast address for agent (also called
                        as downstream) group.
  -p|--agent-mc-port=<long>
                        Optional multicast address port for agent (also called
                        as downstream) group.
  -i|--interface-name=<str>
                        Interface name. (required)
  -u|--master-mc-addr=<str>
                        Optional IPv4 multicast address for master (also
                        called as upstream) group.
  -o|--master-mc-port=<long>
                        Optional multicast address port for master (also
                        called as upstream) group.
  -t|--multicast-ttl=<long>
                        Optional time-to-live for multicast packets.



Usage: esxcli vsan network ipv4 remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Remove an IPv4 interface from the VSAN network
                        configuration.

Cmd options:
  -f|--force            Notify VSAN subsystem of removal, even if not
                        configured.
  -i|--interface-name=<str>
                        Interface name. (required)



Usage: esxcli vsan network ipv4 set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Reconfigure an IPv4 interface in the VSAN network
                        configuration.

Cmd options:
  -d|--agent-mc-addr=<str>
                        Optional IPv4 multicast address for agent (also called
                        as downstream) group.
  -p|--agent-mc-port=<long>
                        Optional multicast address port for agent (also called
                        as downstream) group.
  -i|--interface-name=<str>
                        Interface name. (required)
  -u|--master-mc-addr=<str>
                        Optional IPv4 multicast address for master (also
                        called as upstream) group.
  -o|--master-mc-port=<long>
                        Optional multicast address port for master (also
                        called as upstream) group.
  -t|--multicast-ttl=<long>
                        Optional time-to-live for multicast packets.



Usage: esxcli vsan network list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List the network configuration currently in use by
                        VSAN.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli vsan network remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Remove an interface from the VSAN network
                        configuration.

Cmd options:
  -f|--force            Notify VSAN subsystem of removal, even if not
                        configured.
  -i|--interface-name=<str>
                        Interface name. (required)



Usage: esxcli vsan network restore [cmd options]

Description: 
  restore               Restore the persisted VSAN network configuration.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli vsan policy cleardefault [cmd options]

Description: 
  cleardefault          Clear default VSAN storage policy values.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli vsan policy getdefault [cmd options]

Description: 
  getdefault            Get default VSAN storage policy values.

Cmd options:
  -c|--policy-class=<str>
                        VSAN policy class whose default value to get. If not
                        provided, defaults for all classes will be retrieved.
                        Options are:  [cluster, vdisk, vmnamespace, vmswap].



Usage: esxcli vsan policy setdefault [cmd options]

Description: 
  setdefault            Set default VSAN storage policy values.

Cmd options:
  -p|--policy=<str>     VSAN policy to set as default, in the form of a
                        string. Options are:
                        1)cacheReservation - Flash capacity reserved as read
                        cache for the storage object. Specified as a
                        percentage of the logical size of the object. To be
                        used only for addressing read performance issues.
                        Reserved flash capacity cannot be used by other
                        objects. Unreserved flash is shared fairly among all
                        objects. It is specified in parts per million.
                        Default value: 0, Maximum value: 1000000.
                        2)forceProvisioning - If this option is "yes" the
                        object will be provisioned even if the policy
                        specified in the storage policy is not satisfiable
                        with the resources currently available in the cluster.
                        VSAN will try to bring the object into compliance if
                        and when resources become available.
                        Default value: No3)hostFailuresToTolerate - Defines
                        the number of host, disk or network failures a storage
                        object can tolerate. For n failures tolerated, "n+1"
                        copies of the object are creates and "2n+1" hosts
                        contributing storage are required.
                        Default value: 1, Maximum value: 3.
                        4)stripeWidth - The number of HDDs across which each
                        replica of storage object is striped. A value higher
                        than 1 may result in better performance (for e.g when
                        flash read cache misses need to get serviced from
                        HDD), but also results in higher used of system
                        resources.
                        Default value: 1, Maximum value: 12.
                        5)proportionalCapacity - Percentage of the logical
                        size of the storage object that will be reserved
                        (thick provisioning) upon VM provisioning. The rest of
                        the storage object is thin provisioned.
                        Default value: 0%, Maximum value: 100%. (required)
  -c|--policy-class=<str>
                        VSAN policy class whose default value to set.  Options
                        are:  [cluster, vdisk, vmnamespace, vmswap].
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli vsan storage add [cmd options]

Description: 
  add                   Add physical disk for VSAN usage.

Cmd options:
  -d|--disks=[ <str> ... ]
                        Specify hdds to add for use by VSAN. Expects an empty
                        disk with no partitions in which case the disk will be
                        partitioned and formatted. Otherwise this operation
                        will fail. The command expects the device name for the
                        disk to be to be provided, e.g.: mpx.vmhba2:C0:T1:L0.
                        Multiple hdds can be provided using format -d hdd1 -d
                        hdd2 -d hdd3 (required)
  -s|--ssd=<str>        Specify ssd to add for use by VSAN. Expects an empty
                        ssd with no partitions in which case the ssd will be
                        partitioned and formatted. Otherwise this operation
                        will fail. The command expects the device name for the
                        disk to be to be provided, e.g.: mpx.vmhba2:C0:T1:L0
                        (required)



Usage: esxcli vsan storage automode get [cmd options]

Description: 
  get                   Get status of storage auto claim mode.

Cmd options:



Usage: esxcli vsan storage automode set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Configure storage auto claim mode

Cmd options:
  --enabled             Changing this value to true will result in enabling
                        auto disk claim mode. Disks will be claimed by the
                        VSAN service in next storage event, e.g.: adapter
                        rescan and disk hot-plug. Set to false to disable
                        storage auto claim mode. (required)



Usage: esxcli vsan storage list [cmd options]

Description: 
  list                  List VSAN storage configuration.

Cmd options:
  -d|--device=<str>     Filter the output of this command to only show a
                        single device.



Usage: esxcli vsan storage remove [cmd options]

Description: 
  remove                Remove physical disks from VSAN disk groups.

Cmd options:
  -d|--disk=<str>       Specify individual hdd to remove from VSAN usage.e.g.:
                        mpx.vmhba2:C0:T1:L0
  -s|--ssd=<str>        Specify a disk group's fronting ssd to remove the ssd
                        and each backing hdd from VSAN usage.e.g.:
                        mpx.vmhba2:C0:T1:L0
  -u|--uuid=<str>       Specify UUID of VSAN disk.e.g.:
                        52afa1de-4240-d5d6-17f9-8af1ec8509e5



Usage: esxcli vsan trace set [cmd options]

Description: 
  set                   Configure VSAN trace. Please note: This command is not
                        thread safe.

Cmd options:
  -f|--numfiles=<long>  Log file rotation for VSAN trace files.
  -p|--path=<str>       Path to store VSAN trace files.
  -r|--reset            When set to true, reset defaults for VSAN trace files.
  -s|--size=<long>      Maximum size of VSAN trace files in MB.

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