Managing vSphere with Command-Line Interfaces vSphere supports several command-line interfaces for managing your virtual infrastructure including the vSphere Command-Line Interface (vCLI), a set of ESXi Shell commands, and PowerCLI. You can choose the CLI set best suited for your needs, and write scripts to automate your CLI tasks. This chapter includes the following topics: ■ Overview of vSphere Command-Line Interfaces ■ Using the vSphere Command-Line Interface ■ Using ESXCLI ■ ESXi Shell Access with the Direct Console ■ Remote ESXi Shell Access with SSH