| findnic | The findnic command lets you send network traffic from a specified network adapter so you can observe the LEDs on the adapters and see which physical adapter is associated with that device name. The format of the command is findnic <options> <nic-name> <local-ip> <remote-ip> -f Do a flood ping.
-i <seconds> Send pings at specified interval. Example: findnic -f vmnic1 10.2.0.5 10.2.0.4 findnic –i 3 vmnic1 10.0.0.1 192.168.1.10 The above command will send ICMP echo requests to 192.168.1.10 every 3 seconds. The NIC allocated to the VMKernel does not have an IP address. We need to give an IP address temporary to this NIC, it is specified as the first IP parameter. The second IP is the ICMP destination |
| ifconfig | Set and display the network interface configuration information for devices used by the service console.
To set/change the IP-address Example:
ifconfig eth0 10.3.44.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 Can also be used to bring interfaces up or down ifconfig eth0 up
ifconfig lo down |
| Ifup eth0 | Brings interface “eth0” up |
| Ifdown eth0 | Takes interface “eth0” down. |
| modinfo | Displays the option of a loaded module. modinfo e1000 Will produce a list of possible setting on the Network adapter as flow control With vmkload_mod -l you can list all loaded modules |
| kudzu | This is the RedHat's tool to detect and configure hardware: adding new and removing old. When you run kudzu, or system runs it at bootup, be careful. Kudzu might offer to remove hardware you have dedicated solely to the VMs. Know your hardware and configuration. It might be a good idea to refer to /etc/modules.conf file before running kudzu. A safe action to select in kudzu is "Do nothing". Select it when in doubt. |
| lsmode | shows information about all loaded modules Lists drivers loaded for the service console linux. Remember this command differs from the vmkload_mod utility which shows the modules loaded for the VMkernel. Module Size Used by Tainted: PF
vmnixmod 177056 121
e1000 68456 0 (unused)
usb-uhci 21220 0 (unused)
usbcore 50112 1 [usb-uhci]
megaraid2 32928 6 The same information can be found by cat /proc/modules |
| lspci | List PCI devices
H1 uses direct HW access
-n shows PCI vendor and device codes
-t Print tree of PCI Devices -tv for verbose tree
-v verbose mode
-vv very verbose mode
-M never use.It might crash ESX Server Also check the file /proc/pci |
| mii-tool | Modify the NIC settings Example:
mii-tool 100baseTx-FD eth0 (This sets the serviceconsole NIC to 100 Mbps and Full)
mii-tool 100baseTx-FD vmnic1 (This sets the Virtual Machine NIC to 100 Mbps and Full) You could also use the MUI as well |
| netconfig | Network configuration setup program |
| netstat | Shows currently active network connections |
| route | Modify or print routingtable route Prints routing table
route del –net default Deletes the default gateway
route add –net default gw 10.20.0.1 Adds a new default gateway |
| smbclient | View and connect SMB (Microsoft networking) hosts. Test connection before updating /etc/fstab file. smbclient –I 192.168.4 –U username –L computername Will list the available Microsoft Network shares |
| showmount | showmount lists all the clients that have remotely mounted a filesystem from host.-d list directories that have been remotely mounted by clients
-a print all remote mounts in the format
hostname:directory
where hostname is the name of the client and directory is the root of the filesystem that has been mounted
-e print the list of exported filesystems |
| setup | Allows changing of NIC, region, firewall, mouse, keyboard |
