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Unable to set the physicalNIC speed config value to auto-negotiate

I'm hoping someone could tell what's wrong in this expression. I have less/no experience in scripting. I ran this script from vmware powercli and I connected to vcenter.

This is to set the configured speed(mentioned in the screen shot) of a physical nic of an ESX host to auto negotiate, which is currently set to 10000 MB.

physical nic : vmnic0

configured speed to be set: auto negotiate

VMhost name value is changed to xyz here.

I have 80 more hosts for which the vmnic values are to be set to autonegotiate as per the recommended settings. 4 nics are present for each ESX host. Totally I have to modify 320 times in order to perform this manually and get this fixed. Can someone help me with a script

PS C:\Windows\system32> Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter -vmhost xyz.contoso.net -PhysicalNic vmnic0 -AutoNegotiate

Result:

Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter : Cannot bind parameter 'PhysicalNic'. Cannot convert the "vmnic0" value of type "System.String" to type

"VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.Host.Networking.Nic.PhysicalNic".

At line:1 char:80

+ ...  -vmhost xyz.contoso.net -PhysicalNic vmnic0 -AutoNe ...

+                                                            ~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter], ParameterBindingException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.Host.SetVMHostNetworkAdapt

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The Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter cmdlet expects a PhysicalNic object, not a string.

The easiest way is to first do a Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter and then place the returned object in the pipeline.

The PhysicalNic parameter can take the value from the pipeline.

Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost xyz.contoso.net -Name vmnic0 -Physical |

Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter -AutoNegotiate


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The Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter cmdlet expects a PhysicalNic object, not a string.

The easiest way is to first do a Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter and then place the returned object in the pipeline.

The PhysicalNic parameter can take the value from the pipeline.

Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost xyz.contoso.net -Name vmnic0 -Physical |

Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter -AutoNegotiate


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I ran the command and got this error again. Smiley Sad

PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -vmhost xyz.contoso.net -PhysicalNic vmnic0 |

Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter  -AutoNegotiate

Result:

Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'PhysicalNic'.

At line:1 char:67

+ ... Adapter -vmhost xyz.contoso.net -PhysicalNic vmnic0  ...

+                                                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter], ParameterBindingException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.Host.GetVMHostNetworkAdapter

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My bad, I corrected the code above.

Try with that one


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It worked. Thank you so much. Is it possible to change this for all the 4 nics at once per host?

vmnic0

vmnic1

vmnic2

vmnic3

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I myself tried that one. Smiley Happy And it worked.

Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost xyz.contoso.net -Name vmnic2,vmnic3 -Physical |

Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter -AutoNegotiate

But its asking for a confirmation for each Nic. So I have to give "Yes" each time. Is it possible to confirm it through script?

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If you want to configure all pNIC on an ESXi node like this, just leave out the Name parameter.

To avoid the confirmation prompt, add the Confirm parameter and assign the $false value.

Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost xyz.contoso.net -Physical |

Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter -AutoNegotiate -Confirm:$false


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Thank you so much Smiley Happy
Is there any specific book suggestion you have to master this powercli commands? If yes please let me know, I wish to learn and write script myself.

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LucD
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There are several listed on Google when you search for PowerCLI books.

Some are basic/introductory, some are more advanced.

I like the roadmaps presented in

- PowerShell study guide – core concepts

- PowerCLI study guide – core concepts

They are free, comprehensive, and give you a good starting point.

And they have some book recommendations.


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Is it possible to get the adapter firmware device name details for all the hosts in vc?

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LucD
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Try something like this

Get-VMHost -PipelineVariable esx |

ForEach-Object -Process {

    $esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $esx -V2

    $esxcli.network.nic.list.Invoke() |

    ForEach-Object -Process {

        $esxcli.network.nic.get.Invoke(@{nicname="$($_.Name)"}) |

        Select @{N='VMHost';E={$esx.Name}},Name,

            @{N='Driver';E={$_.DriverInfo.Driver}},

            @{N='Version';E={$_.DriverInfo.Version}},

            @{N='FirmwareVersion';E={$_.DriverInfo.FirmwareVersion}}

    }

}


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This only gives the driver version of the FC & network. I need the firmware device name & version of physical adapters, which is like this

Lenovo Flex System FC3172 2-Port 8Gb FC Adapter ​- FC adapter name - version - 8.03.00

& Flex System CN4054 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter​ - Network adapter name. - version - 11.2.1193.76

Is it possible to fetch those details through script?

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Try like this

Get-VMHost -PipelineVariable esx |

ForEach-Object -Process {

    $esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $esx -V2

    $esxcli.network.nic.list.Invoke() |

    ForEach-Object -Process {

        $nic = $_

        $esxcli.network.nic.get.Invoke(@{nicname="$($nic.Name)"}) |

        Select @{N='VMHost';E={$esx.Name}},Name,

            @{N='Description';E={$nic.Description}},

            @{N='Driver';E={$_.DriverInfo.Driver}},

            @{N='Version';E={$_.DriverInfo.Version}},

            @{N='FirmwareVersion';E={$_.DriverInfo.FirmwareVersion}}

    }

}


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I wouldn't know.
You could give the As Built Report module a try.


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