Retrieving Information About Virtual Switches with ESXCLI
You can retrieve information about virtual switches by using esxcli network vswitch commands.
Specify one of the options
listed in
Connection Options for ESXCLI Host Management Commands
in place of
<conn_options>.
- List all virtual switches
and associated port groups.
esxcli <conn_options> network vswitch standard list
The command prints information about the virtual switch, which might include its name, number of ports, MTU, port groups, and other information. The output includes information about CDP settings for the virtual switch. The precise information depends on the target system. The default port groups areManagement Network and VM Network. - List the network policy
settings, such as security policy, traffic shaping policy, and failover policy,
for the virtual switch. The following commands are supported.
esxcli <conn_options> network vswitch standard policy failover get esxcli <conn_options> network vswitch standard policy security get esxcli <conn_options> network vswitch standard policy shaping get