You can add and
configure an IPv4 VMkernel NIC by using ESXCLI.
Specify one of the options
listed in
Connection Options for ESXCLI Host Management Commands
in place of
<conn_options>
.
Procedure
-
Add a new VMkernel
network interface.
esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface add --interface-name=vmk<X> --portgroup-name=<my_portgroup>
You can specify the MTU setting after you have added the network
interface by using
esxcli network ip interface set --mtu
.
-
Configure the interface
as an IPv4 interface.
You must specify the
IP address by using
--ip
, the netmask, and the name. For the following
examples, assume that VMSF-VMK-363 is a port group to which you want to add a
VMkernel network interface.
esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface ipv4 set --ipv4=<ip_address> --netmask=255.255.255.0 --type=<value> --interface-name=vmk<X>
You can set the
address as follows.
--ipv4=<X.X.X.X>
--netmask=<X.X.X.X> --type=static
– Static IPv4 address.
--type=dhcp
– Use
IPv4 DHCP.
The VMkernel supports
DHCP only for
ESXi 4.0 and
later.
When the
command finishes successfully, the newly added VMkernel network interface is
enabled.
-
List information about
all VMkernel network interfaces on the system.
esxcli <conn_options> network ip interface list
The
command displays the network information, port group, MTU, and current state
for each virtual network adapter in the system.