VMware Distributed Virtual Switch Metrics

VMware Aria Operations
collects network and summary metrics for VMware distributed virtual switch objects.
VMware Distributed Virtual Switch metrics include badge metrics. See definitions in Badge Metrics.
Network Metrics for VMware Distributed Virtual Switches
Metric Name
Description
Total Ingress Traffic
Total ingress traffic (KBps).
Key: network|port_statistics|rx_bytes
Total Egress Traffic
Total egress traffic (KBps).
Key: network|port_statistics|tx_bytes
Egress Unicast Packets per second
Egress unicast packets per second.
Key: network|port_statistics|ucast_tx_pkts
Egress Multicast Packets per second
Egress multicast packets per second.
Key: network|port_statistics|mcast_tx_pkts
Egress Broadcast Packets per second
Egress broadcast packets per second.
Key: network|port_statistics|bcast_tx_pkts
Ingress Unicast Packets per second
Ingress unicast packets per second.
Key: network|port_statistics|ucast_rx_pkts
Ingress Multicast Packets per second
Ingress multicast packets per second.
Key: network|port_statistics|mcast_rx_pkts
Ingress Broadcast Packets per second
Ingress broadcast packets per second.
Key: network|port_statistics|bcast_rx_pkts
Egress Dropped Packets per second
Egress dropped packets per second.
Key: network|port_statistics|dropped_tx_pkts
Ingress Dropped Packets per second
Ingress dropped packets per second.
Key: network|port_statistics|dropped_rx_pkts
Total Ingress Packets per second
Total ingress packets per second.
Key: network|port_statistics|rx_pkts
Total Egress Packets per second
Total egress packets per second.
Key: network|port_statistics|tx_pkts
Utilization
Use (KBps).
Key: network|port_statistics|utilization
Total Dropped Packets per second
Total dropped packets per second.
Key: network|port_statistics|dropped_pkts
Percentage of Dropped Packets
Percentage of dropped packets.
Key: network|port_statistics|dropped_pkts_pct
Max Observed Ingress Traffic (KBps)
Max observed ingress traffic (KBps).
Key: network|port_statistics|maxObserved_rx_bytes
Max Observed Egress Traffic (KBps)
Max observed egress traffic (KBps).
Key: network|port_statistics|maxObserved_tx_bytes
Max Observed Utilization (KBps)
Max observed utilization (KBps).
Key: network|port_statistics|maxObserved_utilization
Summary Metrics for VMware Distributed Virtual Switches
Metric Name
Description
Maximum Number of Ports
Maximum number of ports.
Key: summary|max_num_ports
Used Number of Ports
Used number of ports.
Key: summary|used_num_ports
Number of Blocked Ports
Number of blocked ports.
Key: summary|num_blocked_ports
Host Metrics for VMware Distributed Virtual Switches
Metric Name
Description
MTU Mismatch
Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) mismatch.
Key: host|mtu_mismatch
Teaming Mismatch
Teaming mismatch.
Key: host|teaming_mismatch
Unsupported MTU
Unsupported MTU.
Key: host|mtu_unsupported
Unsupported VLANs
Unsupported VLANs.
Key: host|vlans_unsupported
Config Out Of Sync
Config Out Of Sync.
Key: host|config_outofsync
Number of Attached pNICs
Number of attached physical NICs.
Key: host|attached_pnics