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Table C-6. Network Data Counters (Continued)
Counter Label Description
Entity
V H R C
packetsRx Network
Packets
Received
Number of packets received during the collection interval.
VM
Number of packets received by each vNIC
(virtual network interface controller) on the
virtual machine.
Host
Total number of packets received on all virtual
machines running on the host.
n
Stats Type: delta
n
Unit: number
n
Rollup Type: summation
n
Collection Level: 3
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packetsTx Network
Packets
Transmitted
Number of packets transmitted during the collection interval.
VM
Number of packets transmitted by each vNIC on
the virtual machine.
Host
Number of packets transmitted across each
physical NIC instance on the host.
n
Stats Type: delta
n
Unit: number
n
Rollup Type: summation
n
Collection Level: 3
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received Network Data
Receive Rate
Average rate at which data was received during the collection interval.
This represents the bandwidth of the network.
VM
Rate at which data is received across each vNIC
on the virtual machine.
Host
Rate at which data is received across each
physical NIC instance on the host.
n
Stats Type: rate
n
Unit: megabitsPerSecond
n
Rollup Type: average
n
Collection Level: 3
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