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VMware ESX Server Administration Guide
Managing Network Bandwidth
VMware ESX Server supports network traffic shaping with the nfshaper loadable
module. A loadable packet filter module defines a filter class; multiple filter instances
may be active for each loaded class. The current release supports only one filter class
— nfshaper, which is a transmit filter for outbound bandwidth management that
can be attached to virtual machines using either a procfs interface on the service
console or the VMware Management Interface.
Using Network Filters
This section describes how to use the VMware Management Interface to attach and
detach nfshaper and obtain statistics from it. It also describes how to attach,
detach and query filter instances from the procfs interface on the service console.
Managing Network Bandwidth from the Management
Interface
You may view and change settings from the virtual machine details pages in the
VMware Management Interface.
1. On the server’s Status Monitor page, click the name of an individual virtual
machine. The details page for that virtual machine appears.
2. Click the Network tab.