4.2. Network Traffic ShapingESX Server allows you to control certain aspects of network traffic on your virtual machines. ESX Server can control three areas of outgoing network traffic:
To enable network traffic shaping, open the details page of the virtual server you want to configure. Click the Network tab. Mark the check box to Enable Traffic Shaping and place the values you want in the appropriate boxes (see Figure 4.1). Figure 4-1. Enabling Network Traffic ShapingThe values you choose can be bits per second, kilobits per second, or megabits per second. Behind the scenes, this selection essentially enables the nfshaper module. To read more about nfshaper, at the command line of your ESX Server type: #man nfshaper |