Which CLI command shows the physical uplink status for a vmnic?

esxcli network ip connection list displays active TCP/UDP socket connections at the IP layer, not physical NIC link status.

esxcli network ip neighbor list shows the ARP neighbor cache table mapping IP addresses to MAC addresses, which is unrelated to physical uplink state.

esxcli network nic get retrieves detailed information for a single, explicitly named NIC and requires the -n <vmnic> argument, so it cannot list the status of all uplinks at once.

esxcli network nic list enumerates all physical NICs (vmnics) detected by the ESXi host and reports their link status (Up/Down), link speed, duplex mode, and driver information. This is the standard command for verifying physical uplink connectivity at the vmnic level without requiring a specific NIC name as a parameter.