Network Performance Chart

The Network chart displays historical statistics on network usage for the selected infrastructure object.

Network Performance Chart

Host

The following table provides information on predefined views and counters that apply to hosts.

Chart View

Counter

Measurement Unit

Description

Network Usage

Network Receive Rate

KB/s

Rate at which data is received across each physical NIC instance on a host. The counter represents the bandwidth of the network.

Network Transmit Rate

KB/s

Rate at which data is transmitted across each physical NIC instance on a host.

Network Usage

KB/s

Network utilization, sum of data received and transmitted across all physical NIC instances connected to a host.

Network Transfer Rate (Packets)

Received Packets per Second

Number

Average number of packets received per second across each physical NIC instance on a host.

Transmitted Packets per Second

Number

Average number of packets transmitted per second across each physical NIC instance on a host.

Dropped and Error Packets

Packet Receive Errors

Number

Number of packets with errors received.

Packet Transmit Errors

Number

Number of packets with errors transmitted.

Receive Packets Dropped

Number

Number of receives dropped.

Total Errors

Number

Total number of packets with errors received and transmitted.

Total Packets Dropped

Number

Total number of dropped packets.

Transmit Packets Dropped

Number

Number of transmits dropped.

Virtual Machine

The following table provides information on predefined views and counters that apply to VMs.

Chart View

Counter

Measurement Unit

Description

Network Usage

Network Receive Rate

KB/s

Rate at which data is received across the vNIC instance on a VM. The counter represents the bandwidth of the network.

Network Transmit Rate

KB/s

Rate at which data is transmitted across the vNIC instance on a VM.

Network Usage

KB/s

Network utilization, sum of data received and transmitted across all vNIC instances on a VM.

Network Transfer Rate (Packets)

Received Packets per Second

Number

Average number of packets received per second by each vNIC instance on a VM.

Transmitted Packets per Second

Number

Average number of packets transmitted per second by each vNIC instance on a VM.

For objects that are parent to ESXi hosts and VMs, Veeam ONE Client displays rollup values.
Charts for folders, clusters, datacenters, vCenter Servers display rollup values for all hosts in the container. Chart for a resource pool displays rollup values for all VMs in the resource pool.