{"id":249,"date":"2017-10-01T18:09:40","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T18:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/?p=249"},"modified":"2017-10-01T18:19:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T18:19:23","slug":"azure-iaas-server-network-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/staging2\/azure-iaas-server-network-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Azure IaaS Server Network Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-250 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/AZNetworking-300x158.png\" alt=\"Azure Networking\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/staging2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/AZNetworking-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ciraltos.com\/staging2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/AZNetworking.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I am back from a week at Microsoft Ignite. This was my first time going, and I\u2019m coming back with a dizzying amount of new information and a suitcase full of swag. I can\u2019t pass the swag along but will do my best with the information.<\/p>\n<p>One item that stood out was from the session I attended on Azure IaaS Server Network Performance. Microsoft Azure Networking now offers up to 30 Gbps depending on the server size.<!--more--> In order for VM\u2019s to take advantage of this higher performance, they need to have Receive Side Scaling (RSS) enable on the NIC. Enabling RSS allows the network adapter to use multiple CPU\u2019s instead of just core 0. This has an obvious advantage for network throughput but should be enabled carefully on servers with a CPU intensive workload. RSS is disabled on Windows VM\u2019s by default and can be enabled with this command:<\/p>\n<pre>Get-NetAdapter | % {Enable-NetAdapterRss -Name $_.Name}<\/pre>\n<p>You can check the status of RSS with the command:<\/p>\n<pre>Get-NetAdapterRss<\/pre>\n<p>Details on the command can be found here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/virtual-network\/virtual-network-optimize-network-bandwidth\">https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/virtual-network\/virtual-network-optimize-network-bandwidth<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This information came from Microsoft Ignite Session BRK3310.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am back from a week at Microsoft Ignite. This was my first time going, and I\u2019m coming back with a dizzying amount of new information and a suitcase full of swag. I can\u2019t pass the swag along but will do my best with the information. 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