Re: Active/Unused vmnics

RWY33Right · ‎06-23-2010

I am working on a shell script to create my networking requirements, but I am stuck on configuring the Active/Unused vmnics for my iSCSI port groups. Is anyone familair with configuring these settings using the command line?

Thanks.

Bart

lamw · ‎06-23-2010

Take a look at this modified version of esxcfg-vswitch - (this assumes you're using the vCLI)

If you're looking for a command to use within the classic ESX Service Console, then this is the wrong forum to post in as it's referring to vCLI toolkit. However, you still can using the CLI tools within ESX, you'll want to look at vimsh (vmware-vim-cmd) to set your active and standby nic configuration. Here is an example of setting this - http://blog.scottlowe.org/2008/12/16/using-vmware-vim-cmd-to-modify-a-portgroup/

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RWY33Right · ‎06-23-2010

thanks for the direction as well as the heads up on the community. that particular command has active and standby but not unused. while both of my vmnics are part of the portgroup, only one is active and the other is placed in unused.

What community would be more appropriate for a shell question?

Thanks again -- I am chopping away at automating the whole configuration.

lamw · ‎06-23-2010

Is the question trying to set a nic in an active state and the remainder in unused? or you trying to reconfigure so that you can set unused nic into an active state? If it's the latter, then the command will work.