Identify virtual NIC(vmkernel adapter, VM NIC) and vmnic mapping from esxtop

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article introduces how to identify virtual NIC(vmkernel adapter, VM NIC) and vmnic mapping from esxtop.

Resolution

For vmkernel adapters(vmk)

1. Open a SSH session to ESXi.
2. Enter esxtop command.

   esxtop

3. Press "n". (This is capital sensitive.)
4. Find the vmnic that vmk connects to.

PORT-ID      USED-BY   TEAM-PNIC   DNAME            PKTTX/s  MbTX/s   PSZTX   PKTRX/s  MbRX/s  PSZRX  %DRPTX %DRPRX
########     vmk0      vmnic0      DvsPortset-0     2.30     0.00     276.00  6.70     0.00    76.00  0.00   0.00

 

For VM NIC

1. Take a note of which NIC of the VM is searched for.
2. Open a SSH session to ESXi.
3. Enter esxtop command.

   esxtop

4. Press "n". (This is capital sensitive.)
5. Find the vmnic that VM NIC connects to.

PORT-ID      USED-BY                  TEAM-PNIC   DNAME            PKTTX/s  MbTX/s   PSZTX   PKTRX/s  MbRX/s  PSZRX  %DRPTX %DRPRX
########     #######:<VM-NAME>.eth0   vmnic1      DvsPortset-0     0.00     0.00     0.00    3.62     0.00   60.00   0.00   0.00
########     #######:<VM-NAME>.eth1   vmnic2      DvsPortset-0     0.00     0.00     0.00    3.62     0.00   60.00   0.00   0.00