How Do I Determine through the PowerCLI if a Host has a Dynamic or Static IP?

[sochry]

I am using the following to determine if a Host machine is static or dynamic.

$hostView = Get-View -ViewType HostSystem

$networkView = $hostView.Config.Network

$dhcp = $networkView.DnsConfig.Dhcp

However, this does nto appear to be the correct field as even though the host disaply says (STATIC), my $dhcp still returns true in the script.

Confused...

[LucD]

The following script will list for each ESX host and for each pnic on that host wether the IP is obtained through DHCP.

Get-View -ViewType HostSystem | % {
	Write-Host $_.Name
	$_.Config.Network.Pnic | %{
		Write-Host $_.Device $_.Spec.Ip.Dhcp
	}
}

[sochry]

Thanks for weighing in, Luc.

From the ESXi host, I chose Configure Management Network. I selected IP configuration and then made sure to check "Use dyanamic IP address and network configuration". Once the settings were saved, the network was restarted and (DHCP) appeared after the IP on the main console screen.

I then ran the script you provided and received the following output:

localhost.domainname.com

vmnic0 False

vmnic1 False

vmnic2 False

I would have expected them to be true. Why aren't they?

[LucD]

Didn't realise it was for ESXi. Could be an ESXi thing.

What does vicfg-vmknic (from RCLI) say ?

Does that show it correctly ?

Can't really test since I don't have any ESXi with DHCP configured.

[sochry]

I am not familiar with the vicfg-vmknic script. I am still looking into getting a copy of the scripts with which to test.

Steve

[sochry]

I guess I need more guidance. I have the RCLI installed. What vicfg-vmknic.pl command phrase do I use to determine if it shows up as DHCP or static?

Steve

[LucD]

It seems I was confused as well, the vicfg-vmknic is only for configuring VMKernel NICs.

See also Dave Mishchenko page on RCLI.