About Set-VMHostNetwork - This cmdlet can not set SubnetMask?

[aitayi]

Hi

When I see the cmdlet "Set-VMHostNetwork", I found that this cmdlet can not set the Subnetmask for esxi host.

So if i want to set the subnetmask for esxi 4.1/4.0 , what should i do?

Ohter Infor :

I know there is a cmdlet "Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter" that can set the portgroup subnetmask.

But i want to set subnetmask for my esxi not for portgroup.

Can you help me?

Thank in advance!

[LucD]

I suspect you mean the Management Network when you mention your ESXi IP addr.

Then you can do for example

$esx = Get-VMHost <hostname>
Get-VMHostNetworkadapter -VMHost $esx | where {$_.PortgroupName -eq "Management Network"} | Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter -SubnetMask 255.255.255.0

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[aitayi]

Thank you.

But,if i change the PortgroupName from "Management Network" to other name such as "Test Management NW" ,what should i do to to deal this?

[LucD]

You would have to change the name in the comparison.

It's perhaps easier to define the name at the start of the script ?

$pgName = "Management Network"
$esx = Get-VMHost <hostname>
Get-VMHostNetworkadapter -VMHost $esx | where {$_.PortgroupName -eq $pgName} | Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter -SubnetMask 255.255.255.0

Or if if you mean how to find the console with what ever name you gave it, then you can use the name of the portgroup.

A console always starts with 'vmk'

$esx = Get-VMHost <hostname>
Get-VMHostNetworkadapter -VMHost $esx | where {$_.Name -like "vmk*"} | Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter -SubnetMask 255.255.255.0

But this can cause problems if you have more than 1 console portgroup. Both will have the same subnetmask!

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