| Measurement |
Description |
Measurement
Unit |
Interpretation |
| Packets_transmitted |
Indicates the rate at which packets were transmitted by this network interface. |
Packets/Sec |
An increase in traffic from the server can indicate an increase in accesses from the server (from users on the ESX server, or from the virtual machines on the server). |
| Data_transmitted |
Indicates the rate at which data was transmitted by this network interface. |
Mbps |
| Packets_received |
Indicates the rate at which data packets were received by this network interface. |
Packets/Sec |
An increase in traffic to the server can indicate an increase in accesses to the server (from users or from other applications external to the server) or that the server is under an attack of some form. |
| Data_received |
Indicates the rate at which data was received by this network interface. |
Mbps |
| Outbound_packet_drops |
Indicates the percentage of transmitted packets dropped. |
Percent |
Packet loss is often caused by buffer overflows. Excessive packet drops can adversely impact the throughput seen by applications hosted on the ESX server. |
| Inbound_packet_drops |
Indicates the number of percentage of received packets dropped. |
Percent |
Packet loss is often caused by buffer overflows. Excessive packet drops can adversely impact the throughput seen by applications hosted on the ESX server. |