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2 On the host Configuration tab, click Networking.
3 Choose the vSphere Standard Switch view and click Properties for the port group to edit.
4 In the Properties dialog box, click the Ports tab.
5 Select the port group item and click Edit.
6 In the Properties dialog box for the port group, click the Traffic Shaping tab.
When traffic shaping is disabled, the options are dimmed.
Option Description
Status
If you enable the policy exception in the Status field, you are setting limits
on the amount of networking bandwidth allocated for each virtual adapter
associated with this particular port group. If you disable the policy,
services have a free and clear connection to the physical network.
Average Bandwidth
A value measured over a particular period of time.
Peak Bandwidth
Limits the maximum bandwidth during a burst. It can never be smaller
than the average bandwidth.
Burst Size
Specifies how large a burst can be in kilobytes (KB).
Edit the Traffic Shaping Policy for a Distributed Port Group
ESXi allows you to shape both inbound and outbound traffic on vSphere distributed switches. The traffic
shaper restricts the network bandwidth available to any port, but may also be configured to temporarily
allow “bursts” of traffic to flow through a port at higher speeds.
A traffic shaping policy is defined by three characteristics: average bandwidth, peak bandwidth, and burst
size.
Prerequisites
Launch the vSphere Client and log in to a vCenter Server system.
Procedure
1 Log in to the vSphere Client and select the Networking inventory view.
2 Right-click the distributed port group in the inventory pane, and select Edit Settings.
3 Select Policies.
4 In the Traffic Shaping group, you can configure both Ingress Traffic Shaping and EgressTraffic
Shaping.
When traffic shaping is disabled, the tunable features are dimmed.
Status — If you enable the policy exception for either Ingress Traffic Shaping or Egress Traffic
Shaping in the Status field, you are setting limits on the amount of networking bandwidth allocated for
each virtual adapter associated with this particular port group. If you disable the policy, services have a
free, clear connection to the physical network by default.
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