Retrieving Networking Information

Linux commands for retrieving networking information are not included in the ESXi Shell. You can instead use ESXCLI commands.

On ESXi 5, ifconfig information is the information for the VMkernel NIC that attaches to the Management Network port group. You can retrieve that information by using ESXCLI commands.

esxcli network ip interface list

esxcli network ip interface ipv4 get -i vmk<X>

esxcli network ip interface ipv6 get -n vmk<X>

esxcli network ip interface ipv6 address list

You can retrieve information about DNS with the esxcli network ip dns command in the following two namespaces:

esxcli network ip dns search

esxcli network ip dns server

For information corresponding to the Linux netstat command, use the following ESXCLI command.

esxcli network ip connection list