Chapter 15. Network Counters

We will complete our exploration of counters by covering network counters in this chapter. We will take the same approach we did with CPU, RAM, and storage. The layout of the chapter is as follows:

  • Windows network counters
  • VM network counters
  • ESXi network counters
  • Cluster network counters
  • Distributed Virtual Switch network counters
  • Network counters at higher levels
  • NSX counters
  • Physical switch counters

Network counters at the Guest OS level

Understanding network counters at the Guest OS level is important for an SDDC architect. The data inside the Guest provides better visibility.

The following screenshot shows Windows 7 Resource Monitor. You will quickly notice that a lot of this information is not available at the vSphere layer: ...

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