Total Received Packets (NIC)

Dell.WindowsServer.EnrichedNIC.RxTotalPackets (Rule)

Collects the performance counter Total Received Packets for the network interface

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This rule collects performance data for total packets received on the Network Interface.

The Total Received Packets performance counter exposes total packets received over each network adapter

Element properties:

Target	Dell.WindowsServer.EnrichedNetworkInterfaceUnit
Category	PerformanceCollection
Enabled	False
Alert Generate	False
Remotable	True

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	Dell.WindowsServer.EnrichedNIC.PerfMetrics	Default
WriteToDB	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData	Default
WriteToDW	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData	Default

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Dell.WindowsServer.EnrichedNIC.RxTotalPackets" Target="Dell.WindowsServer.EnrichedNetworkInterfaceUnit" Enabled="false">

  <Category>PerformanceCollection</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Dell.WindowsServer.EnrichedNIC.PerfMetrics">

      <IntervalSeconds>900</IntervalSeconds>

      <CounterName>Total Received Packets</CounterName>

      <InstanceName>$Target/Property[Type="Dell.WindowsServer.EnrichedNetworkInterfaceUnit"]/NetConnectionID$</InstanceName>

      <ObjectName>Dell Network Statistics</ObjectName>

      <Value>1</Value>

      <Arguments>"$Target/Property[Type="Dell.WindowsServer.EnrichedNetworkInterfaceUnit"]/index$" rxTotalPackets physical</Arguments>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction ID="WriteToDB" TypeID="SystemCenter!Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData"/>

    <WriteAction ID="WriteToDW" TypeID="SCDW!Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData"/>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>