XenServer Administrator's Guide 4.1.0

Command line interface

Parameter Name Description Type

pif-metrics-last-updated Timestamp of the date and time that the

metrics for this PIF were read, in the form

yyyymmddThh:mm:ss z, where z is the

single-letter military timezone indicator, for

example, Z for UTC (GMT)

read only

other-config additional configuration read/write map parameter

5.4.10.1. pif-forget

pif-forget uuid=UUID of PIF

Destroy the specified PIF object on a particular host.

5.4.10.2. pif-introduce

pif-introduce host-uuid=UUID of XenServer Host mac=MAC address for PIF

device=machine-readable name of the interface (for example, eth0)

Create a new PIF object representing a physical interface on the specified XenServer Host.

5.4.10.3. pif-plug

pif-plug uuid=UUID of PIF

Attempt to bring up the specified physical interface.

5.4.10.4. pif-reconfigure-ip

pif-reconfigure-ip uuid=UUID of PIF mode=DHCP | mode=static gateway=network gateway

address IP=static IP for this PIF netmask=netmask for this PIF [DNS=DNS address ]

Modify the IP address of the PIF. For static IP configuration, set the mode parameter to static, with the

gateway, IP, and netmask parameters set to the appropriate values. To use DHCP, just set the mode

parameter to DHCP and leave the static parameters undefined.

5.4.10.5. pif-scan

pif-scan host-uuid=UUID of XenServer Host

Scan for new physical interfaces on a XenServer Host.

5.4.10.6. pif-unplug

pif-unplug uuid=UUID of PIF

Attempt to bring down the specified physical interface.

5.4.11. Pool commands

Commands for working with pools. A pool is a aggregate of one or more XenServer Hosts. A pool uses

one or more shared storage repositories so that the VMs running on one XenServer Host in the pool can

be migrated in near-real time (while still running, without needing to be shut down and brought back up) to