Scan IP Addresses through VMK Adapter

Ping_Vmk_IPs.sh

#!/bin/bash
## This script will ping IP addresses in a sequential order by using the vmk in the esxi host ##

# Define the range of IP addresses
START_IP=201
END_IP=210

# Define the first three octets
BASE_IP="192.168.218"

# Interface name
NetworkStackName="vmotion"

# Loop through the IP addresses
for i in $(seq $START_IP $END_IP); do
    IP="$BASE_IP.$i"
    vmkping -S $NetworkStackName -W1 -c2  $IP &> /dev/null

    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        echo "$IP is reachable"
    else
        echo "$IP is not reachable"
    fi
done