VMware Aria Operations collects network and summary metrics for VMware distributed virtual switch objects.

VMware Distributed Virtual Switch metrics include badge metrics. See definitions in Badge Metrics.

Table 1. Network Metrics for VMware Distributed Virtual Switches
Metric Name Description
Total Ingress Traffic Total ingress traffic (KBps).

Key: network|port_statistics|rx_bytes

Total Egress Traffic Total egress traffic (KBps).

Key: network|port_statistics|tx_bytes

Egress Unicast Packets per second Egress unicast packets per second.

Key: network|port_statistics|ucast_tx_pkts

Egress Multicast Packets per second Egress multicast packets per second.

Key: network|port_statistics|mcast_tx_pkts

Egress Broadcast Packets per second Egress broadcast packets per second.

Key: network|port_statistics|bcast_tx_pkts

Ingress Unicast Packets per second Ingress unicast packets per second.

Key: network|port_statistics|ucast_rx_pkts

Ingress Multicast Packets per second Ingress multicast packets per second.

Key: network|port_statistics|mcast_rx_pkts

Ingress Broadcast Packets per second Ingress broadcast packets per second.

Key: network|port_statistics|bcast_rx_pkts

Egress Dropped Packets per second Egress dropped packets per second.

Key: network|port_statistics|dropped_tx_pkts

Ingress Dropped Packets per second Ingress dropped packets per second.

Key: network|port_statistics|dropped_rx_pkts

Total Ingress Packets per second Total ingress packets per second.

Key: network|port_statistics|rx_pkts

Total Egress Packets per second Total egress packets per second.

Key: network|port_statistics|tx_pkts

Utilization Use (KBps).

Key: network|port_statistics|utilization

Total Dropped Packets per second Total dropped packets per second.

Key: network|port_statistics|dropped_pkts

Percentage of Dropped Packets Percentage of dropped packets.

Key: network|port_statistics|dropped_pkts_pct

Max Observed Ingress Traffic (KBps) Max observed ingress traffic (KBps).

Key: network|port_statistics|maxObserved_rx_bytes

Max Observed Egress Traffic (KBps) Max observed egress traffic (KBps).

Key: network|port_statistics|maxObserved_tx_bytes

Max Observed Utilization (KBps) Max observed utilization (KBps).

Key: network|port_statistics|maxObserved_utilization

Table 2. Summary Metrics for VMware Distributed Virtual Switches
Metric Name Description
Maximum Number of Ports Maximum number of ports.

Key: summary|max_num_ports

Used Number of Ports Used number of ports.

Key: summary|used_num_ports

Number of Blocked Ports Number of blocked ports.

Key: summary|num_blocked_ports

Table 3. Host Metrics for VMware Distributed Virtual Switches
Metric Name Description
MTU Mismatch Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) mismatch.

Key: host|mtu_mismatch

Teaming Mismatch Teaming mismatch.

Key: host|teaming_mismatch

Unsupported MTU Unsupported MTU.

Key: host|mtu_unsupported

Unsupported VLANs Unsupported VLANs.

Key: host|vlans_unsupported

Config Out Of Sync Config Out Of Sync.

Key: host|config_outofsync

Number of Attached pNICs Number of attached physical NICs.

Key: host|attached_pnics