Which command shows the Physical Uplink status for a vmnic?

The esxcli network ip get command is used to display the IP configuration settings for a specific VMkernel adapter or to list global IP settings, not the physical uplink status of a vmnic.

The esxcli network nic list command is used to display a summary of all physical network interface cards (vmnics) on an ESXi host. This output includes crucial details like the device name, driver, link status (up/down), speed, duplex, and MAC address, which effectively shows the physical uplink status.

There is no standard esxcli network vmnic list command; the correct subcommand for physical network adapters is nic.

There is no standard esxcli network ifconfig get command in ESXCLI; ifconfig is a Linux command, and esxcli network ip or esxcli network nic are used in ESXi for similar purposes.