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Measures reported by EsxVSwitchTest
The Virtual Switch is nothing more than a logical switching fabric built into your VMware infrastructure (ESX) so that you can network your VMs however you need them. While each virtual network (network of VMs) on an ESX server will be connecting to a single vSwitch only, a vSwitch may provide network support to more than one virtual network on an ESX server.
This test monitors the virtual networks connecting to each vSwitch on an ESX server, and reports the number of VMs, port groups, and physical adapters associated with these virtual networks. In addition, the test also reveals those adapters that are currently switched off.
The measures
made by this test are as
follows:
| Measurement |
Description |
Measurement
Unit |
Interpretation |
| Number_of_portgroup |
Indicates the number of port groups associated with this vSwitch.
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Number |
Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to determine the names of the port groups connecting to this vSwitch.
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| Number_of_vms |
Indicates the total number of VMs connected to this vSwitch. |
Number |
The detailed diagnosis of this measure reveals the names of the VMs serviced by the vSwitch and the port groups with which each VM is associated.
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| Number_of_phynics |
Indicates the number of physical network adapters associated with this vSwitch. |
Number |
A virtual network can be connected to a physical network by associating one or more physical Ethernet adapters, also referred to as uplink adapters, with the virtual network's virtual switch. If no uplink adapters are associated with the virtual switch, all traffic on the virtual network is confined within the physical host machine. If one or more uplink adapters are associated with the virtual switch, virtual machines connected to that virtual network are also able to access the physical networks connected to the uplink adapters.
To know which adapters are linked with this vSwitch, use the detailed diagnosis of this measure.
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| Number_of_phynics_up |
Indicates the number of physical network adapters that are up. |
Number |
Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to figure out which physical adapters are up.
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| Number_of_phynics_down |
Indicates the number of physical network adapters that are down. |
Number |
Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to figure out which physical adapters are down. |
| Per_phynics_down |
Indicates the percentage of physical network adapters that are down. |
Percent |
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