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esxcfg-nics - VMware ESX Server Physical NIC information

esxcfg-nics

NAME
esxcfg-nics - VMware ESX Server Physical NIC information
COPYRIGHT
VMware ESX Server is Copyright 2006 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
SYNOPSIS
esxcfg-nics
DESCRIPTION
esxcfg-nics provides information about the Physical NICs in use by the VMkernel. This will print the VMkernel name for the NIC, its PCI ID, Driver, Link state, Speed, Duplex, and a shore PCI description of the card. It also allows users to set speed and duplex settings for a specific NIC.

OPTIONS

-s -speed speed
Set the speed at which a given card should run. It must be one of 10, 100, 1000, or 10000.

-d -duplex duplex
Set the duplex value which a given card should run.

-a -auto
Set the given NIC to auto-negotiate its speed and duplex settings.

-l -list
List the NICs in the system, and print their current and configured speed and duplex.

-r -restore
Restore NIC settings from persistent storage. This should only be used only on system startup and should not be used by users.

-h -help
Print the help message.

 

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