Virtual Ethernet - PowerVM

Commands for the VIO Servers :

To list all the adapters :
# lsdev -type adapter

To list all the virtual adapters :
# lsdev -virtual

To list the configuration of a Ethernet adapter (including its MAC Address) :
# lscfg -l ent3

To list all the slots (Physical  and Virtual) along with the devices :
# lsdev -slots

To create a SEA using the physical adapter (ent0), virtual adapter (ent2), PVID as 1 :
# mkvdev -sea ent0 -vadapter ent2 -default ent2 -defaultid 1

To create a SEA using the physical adapter (ent0), virtual adapter (ent2), PVID as 1, control channel (ent4) :
# mkvdev -sea ent0 -vadapter ent2 -default ent2 -defaultid 1 -attr ha_mode=auto ctl_chan=ent4

To identify the speed and duplex on a physical adapter :
# lsdev -dev ent0 -att | grep media_speed

To set the speed and duplex on a physical adapter :
# chdev -dev ent0 -attr media_speed=100_Full_Duplex

To remove the current tcpip/ip configuration :
# rmtcpip -all

To configure the IP address on a network interface :
# mktcpip -hostname vios1 -inetaddr 192.168.2.1 -interface ent3 -netmask 255.255.255.0 -gateway 192.168.2.1

To list the IP table :
# lstcpip -num -state

To list the routing table :
# lstcpip -routtable

To list the Physical/Virtual/Shared Ethernet Adapter mapping :
# lsmap -all -net

To identify the port VLAN ID of a virtual adapter :
# entstat -all ent2 | grep "Port VLAN ID"

To identify the port VLAN ID of a virtual adapter :
# entstat -all ent2 | grep "Switch ID"

To identify the Control Channel of a SEA :
# entstat -all ent5 | grep "Control Channel"

To identify the priority of a SEA :
# entstat -all ent5 | grep "Priority"

Commands for AIX Partition :

To identify the VLAN ID :
# entstat -d ent0 | grep ID

To identify the MAC Address :
# entstat -d ent0 | grep Address