# NSX-T Receiver

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> OpenTelemetry Collector receiver · contrib distribution

This receiver fetches metrics important to run virtual networking using NSX-T. The receiver ingests metrics via the [NSX Rest API](https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-NSX-Data-Center-for-vSphere/6.4/nsx_64_api.pdf).

- **Component ID**: `contrib-nsxtreceiver`
- **Name**: `nsxtreceiver`
- **Type**: receiver
- **Distribution**: contrib
- **Repository**: `opentelemetry-collector-contrib`

## Stability

| Level | Signals |
| --- | --- |
| alpha | metrics |

## Attributes

| Attribute | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `class` | string | The CPU usage of the architecture allocated for either DPDK (datapath) or non-DPDK (services) processes. |
| `direction` | string | The direction of network flow. |
| `disk_state` | string | The state of storage space. |
| `packet.type` | string | The type of packet counter. |

## Data

- **JSON**: [/data/collector/components/contrib-nsxtreceiver/contrib-nsxtreceiver-b02a033b57a8.json](/data/collector/components/contrib-nsxtreceiver/contrib-nsxtreceiver-b02a033b57a8.json)
- **Explore**: [/collector/components/contrib/nsxtreceiver](/collector/components/contrib/nsxtreceiver)