Objective 2.2 Topics:
- Define NIOC
- Explain NIOC capabilities
- Configure NIOC shares/limits based on VM requirements
- Explain the behavior of a given NIOC setting
- Determine Network I/O Control requirements
- Differentiate Network I/O Control capabilities
- Enable/Disable Network I/O Control
- Monitor Network I/O Control
Define Network I/O Control
Network I/O Control can be used to allocate network bandwidth to business-critical applications and to resolve situations where several types of traffic compete for common resources.
Explain NIOC capabilities
Network I/O Control can be configured on a vDS to allocate bandwidth for vSphere features including
- Fault Tolerance (FT)
- NFS
- Virtual SAN
- Managment Traffic
- iSCSI
- vMotion
- vSphere Replication
- vSphere Data Protection
Configure NIOC shares/limits based on VM requirements
Determine Network I/O Control requirements
Requirements for NIOC is:
- Virtual Distributed Switch (vDS)
- NIOC Version 3
**Specific to vSphere 6**
Enable/Disable Network I/O Control
Monitor Network I/O Control
