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 Managing Network Bandwidth

Managing Network Bandwidth

VMware ESX Server supports network traffic shaping with the nfshaper loadable module. A loadable packet filter module defines a filter class; multiple filter instances may be active for each loaded class. The current release supports only one filter class, nfshaper, which is a transmit filter for outbound bandwidth management that can be attached to virtual machines using either a procfs interface on the service console or the VMware Management Interface.

Using Network Filters

Using Network Filters

This section describes how to use the VMware Management Interface to attach and detach nfshaper and obtain statistics from it. It also describes how to attach, detach and query filter instances from the procfs interface on the service console.

Managing Network Bandwidth from the Management Interface

Managing Network Bandwidth from the Management Interface

You may view and change settings from the virtual machine details pages in the VMware Management Interface.

  1. On the server's Status Monitor page, click the name of an individual virtual machine. The details page for that virtual machine appears.
  2. Click the Network tab.

  3. Click Edit. The Network Resource Settings page appears.

  4. Enter the desired settings, then click OK. For information on these settings, see Configuring a Virtual Machine's Networking Settings.

You must log in as root in order to change resource management settings using either the management interface or procfs.

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