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Chapter 7 Using SNMP with ESX Server
vmware.vmwProductSpecific
This!group!contains!variables!categorized!into!product‐specific!subgroups.
vmware.vmwProductSpecific.vmwESX
This!group!contains!variables!specific!to!VMware!ESX!Server.!
vmware.vmwProductSpecific.vmwESX.esxVMKernel
This!group!contains!variables!specific!to!VMware!ESX!Server’s!VMkernel.!It!contains!
one!variable.
vmware.vmwTraps
This!group!contains!the!variables!defined!for!VMware!traps!and!related!variables!for!
use!by!the!trap!receiver!(for!example,!snmptrapd).
pktsTx! Integer! Number!of!packets!transmitted!on!this!network!
adapter! since!network!module!was!loaded.
kbTx! Integer! KB!sent!from!this!network!adapter!since!network!
module!was!loaded.
pktsRx! Integer! Number!of!packets!received!on!this!network!adapter!
since!network!module!was!loaded.
kbRx! Integer! KB!received!on!this!network!adapter!since!
system!start.
Table 7-14. vmware.vmwProductSpecific.vmwESX.esxVMKernel
Name Data type Description
vmkLoaded! Display!string! Has!the!VMkernel!been!loaded?!(yes/no)
Table 7-13. vmwNetTable (Continued)
Name Data type Description
NOTE If!the!variable!showing!the!state!of!the!VMkernel!is!no,!any!values!reported!for!
quantitative!variables!should!be!regarded!as!invalid.
Table 7-15. vmware.vmwTraps
Name Data type Description
vmPoweredOn! Trap Sent!when!a!virtual!machine!is!powered!on!or!
resumed!from!a!suspended!state.
vmPoweredOff! Trap Sent!when!a!virtual!machine!is!powered!off.
vmSuspended Trap Sent!when!a!virtual!machine!is!suspended.