Foglight for VMware 6.3.0 - User Guide

Summary - Standard Virtual Switch view

The Summary - Standard Virtual Switch view illustrates the overall network utilization and the levels of overall network packet loss for a selected standard virtual switch.

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

Table 181. Packet Loss

Description	Displays the utilization of the selected switch along with packet loss data. This view illustrates the overall switch efficiency.
Data displayed	• Utilization chart, Avg Utilization. The average percentage of the network resources available to the switch that are in use over the selected time period.
	• Utilization chart, Packet Loss. The average percentage of time the data packets sent to the monitored switch are not echoed back over the selected time period.
	• Utilization table, Average Utilization. The average percentage of the network resources available to the switch that are currently in use.
	• Utilization table, Packet Loss. The average percentage of time the data packets sent to the monitored switch are not echoed back.
	• Utilization table, Sum Throughput. The current rate of network throughput for the selected switch.
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	• Packet Loss, Utilization chart. Displays the Utilization dialog box.

Table 182. Product Information

Description	Shows the name of the selected switch along with some basic configuration information.
Data displayed	• Available Ports. The number of switch ports that are available for use out of the total number of ports.
	• Type. The type of the switch: VMware Standard Virtual Switch.
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	• Product Information. Displays a dwell, providing additional configuration information about the selected standard virtual switch.

Table 183. Related Items

Description	Shows the numbers and states of the objects in your environment associated with the selected switch.
Data displayed	• Cluster. Represents the cluster associated with the selected switch, followed by the counts of alarms generated against that cluster in each severity state.
	• Datacenter. Represents the datacenter associated with the selected switch, followed by the counts of alarms generated against that datacenter in each severity state.
	• Virtual Center. Represents the virtual center associated with the selected switch, followed by the counts of alarms generated against that virtual center in each severity state.
	• Virtual Machine. Represents the virtual machines associated with the selected switch, followed by the counts of alarms generated against those virtual machines in each severity state.
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	• Alarm count. Displays the Alarms dialog box that shows a list of all related alarms. For each alarm entry, it shows its severity, the time at which it was triggered, the rule name that triggered the alarm, and the alarm message.
	• Cluster. Displays the Clusters Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the cluster associated with the selected switch.
	• Datacenter. Displays the Datacenters Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the datacenter associated with the selected switch.
	• Virtual Center. Displays the Virtual Centers Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of the virtual center associated with the selected switch.
	• Virtual Machines. Displays the Virtual Machines Inventory dwell, showing the name and state of each virtual machine associated with the selected switch.

Table 185. Traffic Type Utilization

Description	Illustrates how different types of data traffic are represented in the overall network traffic managed by the selected switch. The current percentages of different type of network traffic appear in the table, while the chart displays the values captured over the selected time period.
Data displayed	• FT. The percentage of network traffic resulting from VMware Fault Tolerance (FT) operations, processed by the selected switch.
	• HBR. The percentage of network traffic resulting from host-based replication (HBR) operations, processed by the selected switch.
	• iScsi. The percentage of iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface) network traffic processed by the selected switch.
	• NFS. The percentage of network traffic resulting from Network File System (NFS) operations, processed by the selected switch.
	• vMotion. The percentage of network traffic resulting from VMware vMotion operations, processed by the selected switch.
	• VM. The percentage of network traffic between virtual machines managed by the selected switch.
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	• Traffic Type Utilization chart. Displays the Traffic Type Utilization dialog box.

Summary - Distributed Virtual Switch view

The Summary - Distributed Virtual Switch view illustrates the overall network utilization and the levels of overall network packet loss for a selected distributed virtual switch.

NetFlow is a network protocol that enables distributed virtual switches to collect IP traffic information as the data flow enters or exits an interface. These statistics can later be exported and serve as a basis for potential traffic analysis. You can enable this feature on desired distributed virtual switches.

The NetFlow data can be collected from your monitored environment only if your VMware user account includes the following privileges:

For additional information about these privileges, see your VMware documentation.

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

For complete information about this view, see Alarms .

For complete information about this view, see Packet Loss .

Table 186. Product Information

Description	Shows the name of the selected switch along with some basic configuration information.
Data displayed	• Available Ports. The number of switch ports that are available for use out of the total number of ports.
	• Load Balancing. One or more load balancing policies, indicating how the switch routes network traffic in case of an adapter failure. For example, an uplink may choose a route based on the originating virtual port, IP hash, source MAC hash, physical NIC load, or use a specified fail over order. For more information about these policies, see your VMware documentation.
	• Network I/O Control. Indicates if the selected switch can use network resource pools to prioritize network traffic.
	• Traffic Shaping. Indicates if the traffic shaping policy is enabled or disabled on the selected switch. A traffic shaping policy can restrict the network bandwidth to a port or if a port is configured to temporarily allow transmission of data at higher than normal speeds. For more information about these policies, see your VMware documentation.
	• Type. The type of the switch: VMware Distributed Virtual Switch.
	• Version. The version number of the distributed switch component in your virtual environment.
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	• Product Information. Displays a dwell, providing additional configuration information about the selected distributed virtual switch. To find out more about the network I/O traffic passing through the selected switch, in the dwell, on the right of Network I/O Control, click Enabled. To find out more about the traffic shaping policy, on the right of Traffic Shaping, click Enabled.

For complete information about this view, see Related Items .

Top ESX Hosts

Description	Identifies the ESX hosts with the highest network transmission rate.
Data displayed	• Top ESX chart. For each identified ESX host, the bar chart displays the inbound and outbound transfer rates.
	• Top ESX table, ESX Host. The name of the ESX host identified amongst top network consumers.
	• Top ESX table, Key. The place of the ESX host in the list of top consumers.
	• Top ESX table, Receiving. The average inbound data transfer rate for an ESX host whose network traffic is managed by the selected switch.
	• Top ESX table, Transmitting. The average outbound data transfer rate for an ESX host whose network traffic is managed by the selected switch.
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	• Traffic Type Utilization chart. Displays the Traffic Type Utilization dialog box.
	• Packet Loss, Utilization chart. Displays the Utilization dialog box.

For complete information about this view, see Top VMs .

For complete information about this view, see Top VMs .

Summary - Cisco Virtual Switch view

The Summary - Cisco Virtual Switch view illustrates the overall network utilization and the levels of overall network packet loss for a selected Cisco virtual switch.

NetFlow is a network protocol that enables distributed virtual switches to collect IP traffic information as the data flow enters or exits an interface. These statistics can later be exported and serve as a basis for potential traffic analysis. You can enable this feature on desired Cisco virtual switches.

The NetFlow data can be collected from your monitored environment only if your VMware user account includes the following privileges:

For additional information about these privileges, see your VMware documentation.

TIP: Cisco virtual switch credentials can also be updated using the Configure Switch button on the Summary - Cisco Virtual Switch view.

This view is made up of the following embedded views:

For more information about these views, see Description of Embedded Views

Standard vSwitch Topology and Distributed vSwitch Topology views

The Standard vSwitch Topology View and Distributed vSwitch Topology View visualize the relationships between the objects in your environment through an interactive dependency map. The map illustrates how different components relate to each other, and the levels of the available resources available to them.

Topology views are also available for other components on the VMware Environment dashboard. For complete information about topology views, see Topology views .