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VMware Operational Commands

Pre-Provisioning VEs

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Once executed, the requisite port group will be created on the specified virtual
switch. If the specified virtual switch does not exist on the target host, it will be
created with default properties, but with no uplink connection to a physical NIC
(the administrator must assign uplinks using VMware management tools.
The CN4093 may be used as a central point of configuration for VMware virtual
switches and port groups using the VMware operational menu, available with the
following ISCLI privileged EXEC commands:
CN4093# virt vmware ?
dpg Distributed port group operations
dvswitch VMWare dvSwitch operations
export Create or update a vm profile on one host
pg Add a port group to a host
scan Perform a VM Agent scan operation now
updpg Update a port group on a host
vmacpg Change a vnic's port group
vsw Add a vswitch to a host
VEs may be manually added to VM groups in advance of being detected on the
switch ports. By pre‐provisioning the MAC address of VEs that are not yet active,
the switch will be able to later recognize the VE when it becomes active on a switch
port, and immediately assign the proper VM group properties without further
configuration.
Undiscovered VEs are added to or removed from VM groups using the following
configuration commands:
CN4093(config)# [no] virt vmgroup <VM group number> vm <VE MAC address>
For the pre‐provisioning of undiscovered VEs, a MAC address is required. Other
identifying properties, such as IPv4 address or VM name permitted for known
VEs, cannot be used for pre‐provisioning.
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