How to get network statistics on a VM nic from SSH.

If you need to get the network statistics via SSH on a VM nic, run the commands below.

1. 'esxcli network vm list' to get VM ID.
2. 'esxcli network vm port list -w <VM ID>' to get port ID number.
3. 'esxcli network port stats get -p <port ID number>' to get network statistics.

Output:

Packet statistics for port 50332931

   Packets received: 293182742829

   Packets sent: 90336672427

   Bytes received: 305397539251

   Bytes sent: 11805570153

   Broadcast packets received: 135893129

   Broadcast packets sent: 813717

   Multicast packets received: 386654045

   Multicast packets sent: 334554

   Unicast packets received: 292660195655

   Unicast packets sent: 90335524156

   Receive packets dropped: 0

   Transmit packets dropped: 0

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