findnic - VMkernel network card locator

findnic

NAME
findnic - VMkernel network card locator
SYNOPSIS
findnic OPTIONS NIC-NAME LOCAL-IP REMOTE-IP
COPYRIGHT
VMware ESX Server is Copyright 2000 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.
DESCRIPTION
When network interface cards (NICs) are given to the vmkernel, sometimes it is difficult to map from the name of the vmkernel device to the actual physical NIC on the machine. For example, if there are four Intel eepro cards in a machine that are dedicated to the vmkernel, these four cards will end up being called vmnic0, vmnic1, vmnic2, and vmnic3. The name of each card is based on its order in the PCI bus/slot hierarchy on the machine - the lower the bus and slot, the lower the number at the end of the name. If you know the bus and slot order of the NICs then you can figure out which NIC has which name. However, if you don't you can use the findnic program to help you make the proper association of NIC to name.

The findnic program takes a vmkernel network device name, an IP address to give the device on the local machine, and an IP address that findnic should try to ping. findnic will then ping the remote IP address. This will allow you to determine which NIC is which by either looking at the flashing lights on the NIC cards to see which one is flashing or by seeing if the ping itself is successful.

OPTIONS

-f

Do a flood ping.

-i seconds

Interval in seconds between pings.

EXAMPLES
findnic vmnic0 10.2.0.5 10.2.0.4

binds vmkernel device vmnic0 to 10.2.0.5 and then tries to ping
the remote machine 10.2.0.4.

findnic -f vmnic1 10.2.0.5 10.2.0.4

binds vmkernel device vmnic1 to 10.2.0.5 and then tries to flood
ping the remote machine 10.2.0.4.