Change IP Address for VMware ESXI Host from Command Line

We can use the the built in esxcli command to change the IP address for a server

First we need to get the interface name. We can get the info with the following command.

esxcli network ip interface ipv4 get
Name  IPv4 Address   IPv4 Netmas   IPv4 Broadcast  Address Type  DHCP DNS 
----  ------------  -------------  --------------  ------------  -------- 
vmk0  192.168.0.4   255.255.255.0  192.168.0.0     STATIC           false

The text in bold is our interface name.

Set the interface to pull DHCP

The following command will set the interface to use DHCP. If your interface name is different, then you will want to change that.

esxcli network ip interface ipv4 set -i vmk0 -t dhcp

Set a static IP

We can set a static IP address with the following command. Change the IP and Subnet for the appropriate IP address and Subnet.

esxcli network ip interface ipv4 set -i -I IP -N Subnet vmk0 -t static

Changes take affect immediately so you’ll need to re ssh into the server.

http://virtuallystable.com/2019/08/14/how-to-change-the-ip-address-of-an-esxi-host-via-esx-cli/

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