List of esxcli commands which are no longer functional once Enhanced Data Path (EDP) is enabled

Products

• VMware NSX
• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

The below 'esxcli network' and 'esxcli system' commands do not work after switching to EDP:

• esxcli system settings advanced set -o /Net/NetNetqLoadAvgPktCountShift -i ##
• esxcli system settings advanced set -o /Net/NetNetqLoadAvgByteCountShift -i ##
• esxcli system module parameters clear -m nmlx5_core
• esxcli system module parameters set -m nmlx5_core -p "DRSS=## RSS=##"
• esxcli system settings advanced set -i # -o /Net/NetSchedHClkMQ
• esxcli system settings advanced set -i # -o /Net/NetSchedHClkMaxHwQueue
• esxcli system settings advanced set -i # -o /Net/NetSchedHClkVnicMQ
• esxcli system settings advanced set -o /Mem/ShareCOSBufSize -i ##
• esxcli network nic ring current set -n vmnic# -r #### -t  ####
• esxcli network nic ring current set -n vmnic# -r #### -t  ####

 

 

Environment

• VMware NSX 4.x
• VMware ESXi 8.x

Resolution

The listed commands are for ESXi network performance tuning. They work on the pkthdl (old stack). With EDP (Enhanced Data Path) enabled, these commands are not required and would not work.