Specifications

Administration Guide
178 VMware, Inc.
The!/proc/vmware!directory!contains!information!specific!to!the!running!of!the!ESX!
Server!virtualization!layer!in!virtual!machines.!
You!can!use!the!cat!command!to!check!status!and!use!the!echo!command!to!write!
values!to!certain!files!in!the!proc!file!system!to!change!the!configuration!of!ESX!Server.
N
OTE Most!of!this!information!is!available!through!the!VMware!Management!Interface.!
VMware!recommends!that!you!obtain!and!set!information!through!this!management!
interface.!Do!not!add!or!change!any!options!in!this!directory!unless!you!are!instructed!
to!by!VMware!support!to!solve!an!issue!with!ESX!Server.
CAUTION Do!not!use!the!proc!interface!to!set!any!values!other!than!those!mentioned!
in!these!sections:
! “Managing!CPU!Resources!from!the!Service!Console”!on!page 337
! “Managing!Memory!Resources!from!the!Service!Console”!on!page 352
! “Manual!NUMA!Optimizations”!on!page 361
! “Managing!Disk!Bandwidth!from!the!Management!Interface”!on!
page 372
! “Managing!Disk!Bandwidth!from!the!Service!Console”!on!page 374
NOTE The!contents!and!format!of!the!/proc/vmware!directory!may!change!between!releases!
of!ESX!Server.
Table 5-6. !proc!file!system!entries!and!descriptions
/proc/vmware Entry Description
chipset State!of!interrupt!controllers.
config Advanced!ESX!Server!parameters!available!through!the!VMware!
Management!Interface.!
debug Debugging!information.
filters Network!traffic!shaping.!See!“Traffic!Shaping!with!nfshaper”!on!
page 369
.
interrupts Used,!together!with!chipset,!to!determine!the!state!of!interrupt!
controllers.
log VMkernel!log!output.
loglevels Amount!of!debug!logging.