ESXCLI commands

How do we use esxcli? When you write the basic esxcli command and press Enter, you will see all the possible commands:

[root@esxi1:~] esxcliUsage: esxcli [options] {namespace}+ {cmd} [cmd options]Options:--formatter=FORMATTEROverride the formatter to use for a given command. Available formatter: keyvalue, xml, csv--debug               Enable debug or internal use options--version             Display version information for the script-?, --help            Display usage information for the scriptAvailable Namespaces:device       Device manager commandselxnet       elxnet esxcli functionalityesxcli       Commands that operate on the esxcli system itself allowing users to get additional information.fcoe         VMware FCOE commands.graphics     VMware graphics commands.hardware VMKernel hardware ...

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