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vmwNsxTEdgeHealthEdgeNICOutOfTransmitBuffer

NOTIFICATION-TYPE
1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.120.1.0.2.0.33
Status
current
Sub-identifiers
0
Edge NIC vmwNsxTDataCenterEdgeNICName transmit ring buffer has overflowed by vmwNsxTDataCenterTxRingBufferOverflowPercentage% on Edge node vmwNsxTDataCenterEntityId. The missed packet count is vmwNsxTDataCenterTxMisses and processed packet count is vmwNsxTDataCenterTxProcessed. Action required: 1. If a lot of VMs are accommodated along with edge by the hypervisor then edge VM might not get time to run, hence the packets might not be retrieved by hypervisor. Then probably migrating the edge VM to a host with fewer VMs. 2. Increase the ring size by 1024 using the command `set dataplane ring-size tx <ring-size>`. If even after increasing the ring size, the issue persists then contact VMware Support as the ESX side transmit ring buffer might be of lower value. If there is no issue on ESX side, it indicates the edge needs to be scaled to a larger form factor deployment to accommodate the traffic. 3. If the alarm keeps on flapping, i.e., triggers and resolves very soon, then it is due to bursty traffic. In this case check if tx pps using the command `get dataplane cpu stats`. If it is not high during the alarm active period then contact VMware Support. If pps is high it confirms bursty traffic. Consider suppressing the alarm. NOTE - There is no specific benchmark to decide what is regarded as a high pps value. It depends on infrastructure and type of traffic. The comparison can be made by noting down when alarm is inactive and when it is active.