Reservation and limit are supported on DVS (Distributed Virtual Switch) or “opaque” (NSX) switch types only; they are not supported on the default VSS switch type. Between reservation and limit, bandwidth is allocated on a share-based system, which is not meaningful to expose to a guest OS.
$ vmware-toolbox-cmd stat raw text vnet 00:0c:29:1e:23:f3 num.tx = 209 size.tx = 38137 num.rx = 10920 size.rx = 1312789 reservation = 0 limit = -1
num.tx – number of packets transmitted.
size.tx – bytes transmitted.
num.rx – number of packets received.
size.rx – bytes received.
reservation – guaranteed minimum bandwidth for this vNIC.
limit – maximum bandwidth allowed for this vNIC.
