VIOS Network Related Commands :

Vios Network Commands :

Enable jumbo frames on the ent0 device 

chdev -dev ent0 -attr jumbo_frames=yes

View settings on ent0 device 

lsdev -dev ent0 -attr

List TCP and UDP sockets listening and in use 

lstcpip -sockets -family inet

List all (virtual and physical) ethernet adapters in the VIOS 

lstcpip -adapters

Equivalent of no -L command

optimizenet -list

Set up initial TCP/IP config (en10 is the interface for the SEA ent10)

mktcpip -hostname vios1 \

        -inetaddr 10.143.181.207 \

        -interface en10 \

        -start -netmask 255.255.252.0 \

        -gateway 10.143.180.1

Find the default gateway and routing info on the VIOS 

netstat -routinfo

List open (TCP) ports on the VIOS IP stack 

lstcpip -sockets | grep LISTEN

Show interface traffic statistics on 2 second intervals 

netstat -state 2

Show verbose statistics for all interfaces 

netstat -cdlistats

Show the default gateway and route table 

netstat -routtable

Change the default route on en0 (fix a typo from mktcpip) 

chtcpip -interface en0 \

        -gateway \

        -add 192.168.1.1 \

        -remove 168.192.1.1

Change the IP address on en0 to 192.168.1.2 

chtcpip -interface en0 \

        -inetaddr 192.168.1.2 \

        -netmask 255.255.255.0