The following commands on the ESXi host identify VF availability and stats:
Identify SRIOV NICs
esxcli network sriovnic list
Name PCI Device Driver Link Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU
vmnic4 0000:81:00.0 sfc Up 10000 Full 00:0f:53:45:f3:30 1500
Description
Solarflare SFC9220
Identify VFs on the SRIOV NIC
esxcli network sriovnic vf list -n vmnic4
VF ID Active PCI Address Owner World ID
----- ------ -------------- --------------
0 true 00000:129:00.2 68953
1 true 00000:129:00.3 69105
Display Stats Counters per VF
esxcli network sriovnic vf stats -n vmnic4 -v 0
NICName: vmnic4
Rx Broadcast Bytes: 0
Rx Broadcast Pkts: 0
Rx Errordrops: 0
Rx LROBytes: 0
Rx LROPkts: 0
Rx Multicast Bytes: 0
Rx Multicast Pkts: 0
Rx Outof Bufferdrops: 0
Rx Unicast Bytes: 0
Rx Unicast Pkt: 0
Tx Broadcast Bytes: 0
Tx Broadcast Pkts: 0
Tx Discards: 0
Tx Errors: 0
Tx Multicast Bytes: 0
Tx Multicast Pkts: 0
Tx TSOBytes: 0
Tx TSOPkts: 0
Tx Unicast Bytes: 0
Tx Unicast Pkt: 0
VFID: 0
where:
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-n
identifies the physical PTP adapter interface in the ESXi host. -
-v
identifies the VF ID.