Some cool esxcli iscsi commands

1. Is iSCSI enabled?

# esxcli iscsi software get
true

2. Which vmhba is used for iSCSI?

# esxcli iscsi adapter list

Adapter  Driver     State   UID                                         Description

-------  ---------  ------  ------------------------------------------  ----------------------

vmhba65  iscsi_vmk  online  iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:sa-esxi-02-400f0480  iSCSI Software Adapter

3. Which vmkernel port is used for iSCSI?

# esxcli iscsi networkportal list

vmhba65

   Adapter: vmhba65

   Vmknic: vmk3

   MAC Address: 00:50:56:01:c1:ba

   MAC Address Valid: true

   IPv4: 172.20.13.52

   IPv4 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

   IPv6:

   MTU: 1500

   Vlan Supported: true

   Vlan ID: 0

   Reserved Ports: 63488~65536

   TOE: false

   TSO: true

   TCP Checksum: false

   Link Up: true

   Current Speed: 10000

   Rx Packets: 2888785

   Tx Packets: 838121

   NIC Driver: nvmxnet3

   NIC Driver Version: 2.0.0.27

   NIC Firmware Version: NA

   Compliant Status: compliant

   NonCompliant Message:

   NonCompliant Remedy:

   Vswitch: dvs-SA-Datacenter

   PortGroup: DvsPortset-0

   VswitchUuid: 50 2b 40 6e 00 70 b4 d4-66 93 6e 79 fa 6b bb c4

   PortGroupKey: dvportgroup-55

   PortKey: 8

   Opaque Network Id:

   Opaque Network Type:

   External Id:

   Duplex:

   Path Status: active

Some cool esxcli system commands

1. How to view your vSphere version

# esxcli system version get
   Product: VMware ESXi
   Version: 6.7.0
   Build: Releasebuild-8169922
   Update: 0
   Patch: 0

2. To view hostname and domain name

# esxcli system hostname get

   Domain Name: vclass.local

   Fully Qualified Domain Name: sa-esxi-02.vclass.local

   Host Name: sa-esxi-02

3. To view local users

# esxcli system account list

User ID  Description

-------  -------------------------------------------

root     Administrator

dcui     DCUI User

vpxuser  VMware VirtualCenter administration account

4. To view permissions for local users

# esxcli system permission list

Principal  Is Group  Role   Role Description

---------  --------  -----  ------------------

dcui          false  Admin  Full access rights

root          false  Admin  Full access rights

vpxuser       false  Admin  Full access rights

5. To view specific advanced settings

# esxcli system settings advanced list -t UserVars | more

   Path: /UserVars/ActiveDirectoryPreferredDomainControllers

   Type: string

   Int Value: 0

   Default Int Value: 0

   Min Value: 0

   Max Value: 0

   String Value:

   Default String Value:

   Valid Characters: *

   Description: Preferred Domain Controllers for Active Directory

   Path: /UserVars/ActiveDirectoryVerifyCAMCertificate

   Type: integer

   Int Value: 1

   Default Int Value: 1

   Min Value: 0

   Max Value: 1

   String Value:

   Default String Value:

   Valid Characters:

   Description: Enable or disable verification of SSL certificate for vSphere Authentication Proxy server

   Path: /UserVars/ESXiShellTimeOut

   Type: integer

   Int Value: 0

   Default Int Value: 0

   Min Value: 0

   Max Value: 86400

   String Value:

   Default String Value:

   Valid Characters:

   Description: Time before automatically disabling local and remote shell access (in seconds, 0 disables).  Takes effect after the services are restarted.

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