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iguru50
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Understanding Receive over errors on vmnic

Hi,

I run "esxcli network nic stats get -n vmnic5" on esxi 5.5 and get following output:

NIC statistics for vmnic5

   Packets received: 1606842548

   Packets sent: 1293834

   Bytes received: 102837923342

   Bytes sent: 82805663

   Receive packets dropped: 0

   Transmit packets dropped: 0

   Total receive errors: 3023708

   Receive length errors: 0

   Receive over errors: 3023708

   Receive CRC errors: 0

   Receive frame errors: 0

   Receive FIFO errors: 0

  Receive missed errors: 4622596

   Total transmit errors: 0

   Transmit aborted errors: 0

   Transmit carrier errors: 0

   Transmit FIFO errors: 0

   Transmit heartbeat errors: 0

   Transmit window errors: 0

Can someone please explain me as to what Receive over errors mean. Is there any link of document to explain each of these errors.

-Thanks

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ashishsingh1508
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Most likely buffer issue. NIC not able to handle more traffic

Ashish Singh VCP-6.5, VCP-NV 6, VCIX-6,VCIX-6.5, vCAP-DCV, vCAP-DCD
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