Useful ESXi commands (Network related info)

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Find VM port number and switch name:
net-stats -l

Display packet info on a specific VM:
vsish -e get /net/portsets/SwitchNameHere/ports/VmPortNumberHere/vmxnet3/rxSummary

Packet health (Dropped, MTU, tx/rx, etc)
vsish -e get /net/portsets/SwitchNameHere/ports/VmPortNumberHere/clientStats

Ring buffer sizes:
vsish -e get /net/portsets/SwitchNameHere/ports/VmPortNumberHere/vmxnet3/rxqueues/0/status

Number of RSS queues leveraged by a VM that is using RSS:
vsish -e ls /net/portsets/SwitchNameHere/ports/VmPortNumberHere/vmxnet3/rxqueues/

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