ESXi Add Static Route using esxcli
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This is done on VMware 6.5, but it should work on 6.7 also.
ESXi Add Static Route
The command to add static route to your ESXi host is like this:
esxcli network ip route ipv4/ipv6 add -n IPv4_network/mask -g IPv4_gateway_ip
Usage: esxcli network ip route ipv4 add [cmd options] Description: add Add IPv4 route to the VMkernel. Cmd options: -g|--gateway= The Ipv4 address of the gateway through which a route to be added. (required) -N|--netstack= The network stack instance; if unspecified, use the default netstack instance -n|--network= The Ipv4 address and prefix length of the network to add the route to. Specify 'default' to indicate the default network. (required)
Example adding network 10.90.20.0/23 with gateway 10.92.20.5
esxcli network ip route ipv4 add -n 10.90.20.0/23 -g 10.92.20.5
ESXi List Routes
The command to list ESXi host routes is like this:
esxcli network ip route ipv4 list
You should get output similar to this:
[root@esx05:~] esxcli network ip route ipv4 list Network Netmask Gateway Interface Source ------------- --------------- ------------- --------- ------ default 0.0.0.0 xxx.xxx.xxx.1 vmk0 DHCP 10.90.20.0 255.255.254.0 10.92.20.5 vmk1 MANUAL 10.92.20.0 255.255.254.0 0.0.0.0 vmk1 MANUAL xxx.xxx.xxx.0 255.255.255.192 0.0.0.0 vmk0 MANUAL [root@esx05:~]
ESXi Remove Static Route
The command to remove static route to your ESXi host is like this:
esxcli network ip route ipv4 remove -n IPv4_network/mask -g IPv4_gateway_ip
Usage: esxcli network ip route ipv4 remove [cmd options] Description: remove Remove IPv4 route Cmd options: -g|--gateway= The Ipv4 address of the gateway through which a route to be removed (required) -N|--netstack= The network stack instance; if unspecified, use the default netstack instance -n|--network= The Ipv4 address and prefix length of the network to remove the route from. Specify 'default' to indicate the default network. (required)
Example of removing previously added 10.90.20.0/23 with gateway 10.92.20.5
esxcli network ip route ipv4 remove -n 10.90.20.0/23 -g 10.92.20.5
VMware KB: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2001426
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