Specifications

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Chapter 3 Using the VMware Management Interface
Figure 3-6. Network tab
The!Network!tab!shows!network!performance!information!and!resources!allocated!to!
the!virtual!machine’s!virtual!network!card.!The!receive!and!transmit!bandwidths!
indicate!how!fast!data!is!transferred!to!and!from!the!virtual!machine.
The!values!under!Performance!are!based! on!the!past!five!minutes.!The!period!of!time!
these!
statistics!cover!can!be!modified.!See!“Configuring!the!Statistics! Period!for!the!
VMware!Management!Interface”!on!page 81.
The!Network!tab!also!indicates!whether!traffic!shaping!is!enabled.!This!setting!can!be!
changed.
Enabling Traffic Shaping
When!network!traffic!shaping!is!enabled,!outbound!network!bandwidth!is!limited!
according!to!the!values!specified!here.!Because!network!traffic!is!bursty,!separate!
parameters!are!provided!to!control!both!the!long‐term!sustainable!Average!transmit!
rate!and!the!short‐term!Peak!transmit!rate.!The!Burst!parameter!controls!the!amount!of!
data
!that!may!be!sent!in!one!burst!while!exceeding!the!Average!rate.!The!Peak!rate!
limits!the!maximum!bandwidth!during!such!bursts.