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Table 136. Network Metrics for Host Systems
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net|packetsRxPerSec Packets Received per second Number of packets received in the
performance interval.
net|packetsTxPerSec Packets Transmied per second Number of packets transmied in the
performance interval.
net|packetsPerSec Packets per second Number of packets transmied and
received per second.
net|usage_average Usage Rate (KBps) The sum of the data transmied and
received for all the NIC instances of the
host or virtual machine.
net|usage_capacity I/O Usage Capacity I/O Usage Capacity.
net|maxObserved_KBps Max Observed Throughput Max observed rate of network
throughput.
net|maxObserved_Tx_KBps Max Observed Transmied
Throughput
Max observed transmied rate of
network throughput.
net|maxObserved_Rx_KBps Max Observed Received
Throughput
Max observed received rate of network
throughput.
net|demand Demand (%) Percent demand.
net|transmied_average Data Transmit Rate (KBps) Average amount of data transmied per
second.
net|received_average Data Receive Rate (KBps) Average amount of data received per
second.
net|packetsRx_summation Packets Received Number of packets received in the
performance interval.
net|packetsTx_summation Packets Transmied Number of packets transmied in the
performance interval.
net|droppedRx_summation Received Packets Dropped Number of received packets dropped in
the performance interval.
net|droppedTx_summation Transmied Packets Dropped Number of transmied packets
dropped in the performance interval.
net|droppedPct Packets Dropped (%) Percent packets dropped.
net|dropped Packets Dropped Number of packets dropped in the
performance interval.
net|bytesRx_average bytes Rx (KBps) Average amount of data received per
second.
net|bytesTx_average bytes Tx (KBps) Average amount of data transmied per
second.
net|broadcastRx_summation Broadcast Packets Received Number of broadcast packets received
during the sampling interval.
net|broadcastTx_summation Broadcast Packets Transmied Number of broadcast packets
transmied during the sampling
interval.
net|errorsRx_summation Error Packets Received Number of packets with errors
received.
net|errorsTx_summation Error Packets Transmied Number of packets with errors
transmied.
net|multicastRx_summation Multicast Packets Received Number of multicast packets received.
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