How do we get the configuration of virtual switches programmatically?

[deepakmits]

How do we get the configuration of virtual switches programmatically?

Product and product version : VC 2.0 , ESX Server 3.0.X and VI sdk2.5

[Dave_Mishchenko]

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[atbnet]

Is this the kind of info your after?

List all virtual switches and the port group information:

esxcfg-vswitch -l

Switch Name Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports MTU Uplinks
vSwitch0 64 9 64 1500 vmnic2,vmnic0

PortGroup Name VLAN ID Used Ports Uplinks
Server Network 41 5 vmnic0,vmnic2

Switch Name Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports MTU Uplinks
vSwitch1 64 6 64 1500 vmnic3,vmnic1

PortGroup Name VLAN ID Used Ports Uplinks
Service Console 35 1 vmnic1,vmnic3
VMkernel 35 1 vmnic1,vmnic3

Switch Name Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports MTU Uplinks
vSwitch2 64 1 64 1500

PortGroup Name VLAN ID Used Ports Uplinks
Internal 0 0

Andy, VMware Certified Professional (VCP),

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[deepakmits]

Thanks alot for your response.

Yes, we're trying to retrieve exactly the same info programmatically.

[deepakmits]

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