What ESXi command will create kernel panic and result in a PSOD?

This is a very short post but I want to publish it at least for myself to find this trick much quickly next time.

Sometimes, especially during testing of vSphere HA, it can be useful to simulate PSOD (Purple Screen of Death). I did some googling and found the article "What ESXi command will create kernel panic and result in a PSOD?". Long story short, PSOD can be accomplished by following ESXi console command:

vsish -e set /reliability/crashMe/Panic 1

Of course, you have to SSH to particular ESXi host before you can run the command above.

All credits go to IT Pro Today article available here https://www.itprotoday.com/server-virtualization/q-what-esxi-command-will-create-kernel-panic-and-result-in-a-psod-