Which command shows the Physical Uplink status for a vmnic?

esxcli network ip get retrieves IP-layer interface configuration data, not physical NIC or uplink status information.

The esxcli network nic list command enumerates all physical network adapters (vmnics) on an ESXi host and reports key uplink attributes including Link Status (Up/Down), speed in Mbps, duplex mode, and driver details. This is the standard and documented command for checking physical uplink status on ESXi.

esxcli network vmnic list is not a valid esxcli namespace or subcommand; the correct namespace for querying physical NICs is esxcli network nic.

esxcli network ifconfig get does not exist in the esxcli command set; ifconfig is a traditional Linux utility and has no equivalent subcommand under the esxcli network namespace.