Create a Custom TCP/IP Stack

You can create a custom TCP/IP stack on a host to forward networking traffic through a custom application.

Procedure

1. Open an SSH connection to the host.
2. Log in as the root user.
3. Run the vSphere CLI command.

    esxcli network ip netstack add -N="stack_name"

Results

The custom TCP/IP stack is created on the host. You can assign VMkernel adapters to the stack.