Hostsvc/net/vswitch setpolicy
vimsh hostsvc/net/vswitch_setpolicy
Usage: vswitch_setpolicy [OPTIONS] vswitch
Changes the policies of a virtual switch.
Options:
--securepolicy-promisc=bool Allow promiscuous mode. --securepolicy-macchange=bool Allow MAC address to be changed. --securepolicy-forgedxmit=bool Allow forged transmits. --shapingpolicy-enabled=bool Enabled shaper. --shapingpolicy-average-bandwidth=int Average bandwidth. --shapingpolicy-peak-bandwidth=int Peak bandwidth. --shapingpolicy-burst-size=int Burst size. --nicorderpolicy-active=vmnic_list List of active NICs. --nicorderpolicy-standby=vmnic_list Order in which failover should occur. --failurecriteria-check-speed=failurecriteria-check-speed Detecting failover using link speed check --failurecriteria-speed=int The speed for link speed check method --failurecriteria-check-duplex=bool Detecting failover using link duplex check --failurecriteria-duplex=bool The duplexity for link duplex check method --failurecriteria-check-error=bool Detecting failover using link error percentage --failurecriteria-error=int The error percentage for link error percentage check method --failurecriteria-check-beacon=bool Detecting failover using the beacon --nicteaming-policy=nicteaming-policy Nic-Teaming policy. --nicteaming-reverse-policy=bool Apply the teaming policy to inbound frames as well. --nicteaming-notify-switch=bool Notify switches when detects a link failure. --nicteaming-rollingorder=bool Whether or not to use rolling failover. --offloadcaps-csum-offload=bool Checksum offload --offloadcaps-tcp-segment=bool TCP segment offload --offloadcaps-zerocopy-xmit=bool Scatter gather
Example
This works on ESX 3.5 U3 forum reference
vmware-vim-cmd /hostsvc/net/vswitch_setpolicy --failurecriteria-check-beacon 1 vSwitch0