Powerpath/VE Load Balancing verification

I'm evaluating Powerpath/VE on our ESXi 4.1 host. I'm looking for a tool or command that can verify load balancing across the two adapters. Does anyone know how I can verify that both adapters are used equally?

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jespinoza1

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February 1st, 2012 11:00

Hi! There are a couple of things I use to monitor my PowerPath environment.

1. I use the VM esxtop cli command to display the HBA information.

Open a Putty session to the MPIO the ESX host/hypervisor using SSH
Login to hypervisor
At command prompt, type esxtop
Type d
This will bring up the vmhba screen and display I/O

2. I run the rpowermt command to display the performance of HBA’s. The PowerPath/VE for VMware Install and Admin Guide on installing this CLI (RTOOLS contains the CLI) and how to use the command.

Bring up a command window
Type, rpowermt host=hostIPaddress display every=2

hostIPaddress = the PowerPath/VE ESX host

This will display the I/O every 2 seconds for the HBA’s that are being utilized

3. I log into my Brocade switches, and bring up a Performance Monitor menu option to view all the ports and the throughput.

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