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Interface Flow Control

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(2017-10-30)

Problem

What are my ESXi's physical interfaces set to for flow control?

Solution

[root@ESXIHOST-00:~] esxcfg-nics -l
Name    PCI          Driver      Link Speed     Duplex MAC Address       MTU    Description
vmnic0  0000:01:00.0 tg3         Up   1000Mbps  Full   14:18:77:70:6b:30 1500   Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet
vmnic1  0000:01:00.1 tg3         Up   1000Mbps  Full   14:18:77:70:6b:31 1500   Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet
vmnic2  0000:02:00.0 tg3         Down 0Mbps     Half   14:18:77:70:6b:32 1500   Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet
vmnic3  0000:02:00.1 tg3         Down 0Mbps     Half   14:18:77:70:6b:33 1500   Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet
vmnic4  0000:04:00.0 i40e        Up   10000Mbps Full   3c:fd:fe:0b:82:a0 9000   Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+
vmnic5  0000:04:00.1 i40e        Up   10000Mbps Full   3c:fd:fe:0b:82:a2 9000   Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+

[root@ESXIHOST-00:~] ethtool --show-pause vmnic4 Pause parameters for vmnic4: Autonegotiate: off RX: off TX: off

[root@ESXIHOST-00:~] ethtool --show-pause vmnic5 Pause parameters for vmnic5: Autonegotiate: off RX: off TX: off

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