Troubleshooting VMWare Networking
August 28th, 2015
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To locate a VM Host on a Cisco switch, enable the sending of CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol) packets on the VMWare host, the syntax is:
# esxcli network vswitch standard set –c both –v vSwitch# (Note: Replace # with the vSwitch number)
In ESXCLI 5.1, you can now retrieve additional network statistics at a physical NIC (vmnic), on a per VLAN (portgroup) which needs to be configured and on a per VM port (vNIC). Here is a quick diagram to help you visualize where you can retrieve network statistics: Read more…