Useful exscli networking commands

 List all nics/uplink

[root@ESXi01:~] esxcli network nic list

Name    PCI Device    Driver  Admin Status  Link Status  Speed  Duplex  MAC Address         MTU  Description

------  ------------  ------  ------------  -----------  -----  ------  -----------------  ----  -----------

vmnic0  0000:00:1f.6  ne1000  Up            Up            1000  Full    1c:69:7a:6b:a3:e5  1500  Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (10) I219-V

vusb0   Pseudo        cdce    Up            Up             100  Full    00:e0:4c:68:05:48  1500  Realtek USB 101001000 LAN

Assign a uplink/nic to a vswitch:

[root@ESXi01:~] esxcli network vswitch standard uplink add -u vusb0  -v LAN

esxcli network vswitch standard uplink add -u vmnic0  -v WAN

Remove switch:

esxcli network vswitch standard remove --vswitch-name=LAN

Check network config:

[root@ESXi01:~] esxcli network vswitch standard list

vSwitch0

   Name: vSwitch0

   Class: cswitch

   Num Ports: 3456

   Used Ports: 10

   Configured Ports: 128

   MTU: 1500

   CDP Status: listen

   Beacon Enabled: false

   Beacon Interval: 1

   Beacon Threshold: 3

   Beacon Required By:

   Uplinks: vmnic0

   Portgroups: VM Network, Management Network

WAN

   Name: WAN

   Class: cswitch

   Num Ports: 3456

   Used Ports: 2

   Configured Ports: 128

   MTU: 1500

   CDP Status: listen

   Beacon Enabled: false

   Beacon Interval: 1

   Beacon Threshold: 3

   Beacon Required By:

   Uplinks:

   Portgroups: WAN

LAN

   Name: LAN

   Class: cswitch

   Num Ports: 3456

   Used Ports: 4

   Configured Ports: 128

   MTU: 1500

   CDP Status: listen

   Beacon Enabled: false

   Beacon Interval: 1

   Beacon Threshold: 3

   Beacon Required By:

   Uplinks: vusb0

   Portgroups: LAN