Configure per VM Tier_1 networking performance (original) (raw)

Compute Engine lets you select a high-bandwidth per VM Tier_1 networking performance configuration for certain general-purpose and compute-optimized virtual machine (VM) instances. VMs with Tier_1 networking configurations are especially useful for large, distributed compute workloads with lots of heavy internode communications, such as high performance computing (HPC), machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL).

Combining these high throughput VMs with high-performance local SSD storage is beneficial for I/O-intensive, flash-optimized databases.

Before you begin

Review the pricing for per VM Tier_1 networking performance atTier_1 higher bandwidth network pricing.
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Required roles

To get the permissions that you need to configure a VM to use per VM Tier_1 networking performance, ask your administrator to grant you the following IAM roles on your project:

Compute Instance Admin (v1) (roles/compute.instanceAdmin.v1)
Create Service Accounts (roles/iam.serviceAccountCreator)

For more information about granting roles, see Manage access to projects, folders, and organizations.

These predefined roles contain the permissions required to configure a VM to use per VM Tier_1 networking performance. To see the exact permissions that are required, expand the Required permissions section:

Required permissions

The following permissions are required to configure a VM to use per VM Tier_1 networking performance:

To create VMs:
- compute.instances.create on the project
- To use a custom image to create the VM: compute.images.useReadOnly on the image
- To use a snapshot to create the VM: compute.snapshots.useReadOnly on the snapshot
- To use an instance template to create the VM: compute.instanceTemplates.useReadOnly on the instance template
- To assign a legacy network to the VM: compute.networks.use on the project
- To specify a static IP address for the VM: compute.addresses.use on the project
- To assign an external IP address to the VM when using a legacy network: compute.networks.useExternalIp on the project
- To specify a subnet for the VM: compute.subnetworks.use on the project or on the chosen subnet
- To assign an external IP address to the VM when using a VPC network: compute.subnetworks.useExternalIp on the project or on the chosen subnet
- To set VM instance metadata for the VM: compute.instances.setMetadata on the project
- To set tags for the VM: compute.instances.setTags on the VM
- To set labels for the VM: compute.instances.setLabels on the VM
- To set a service account for the VM to use: compute.instances.setServiceAccount on the VM
- To create a new disk for the VM: compute.disks.create on the project
- To attach an existing disk in read-only or read-write mode: compute.disks.use on the disk
- To attach an existing disk in read-only mode: compute.disks.useReadOnly on the disk
To update a VM to include Tier_1 networking:
- compute.instances.update
- Permission to use the resources that you want to modify on the instance, forexample compute.instances.updateNetworkInterface
To create an instance template with Tier_1 networking: All thepermissions required to call the instanceTemplates.insert method

You might also be able to get these permissions with custom roles or other predefined roles.

Limitations

Compute Engine is the only product area supporting Tier_1 networking.
Tier_1 networking is supported with N2, N2D, C2, C2D, C3, C3D, C4, C4A, C4D, M3, M4, and Z3 machine types that have the minimum required vCPUs.
For VMs, Tier_1 networking requires thegVNIC virtual network driverand a gVNIC-compatible OS or custom image.
Third generation and later VMs require gVNIC driver version 1.3 or later to deliver the highest network bandwidth. Make sure the operating system (OS) image that you use fully supports Tier_1 networking.Fully supported OS imagesinclude the updated gVNIC driver. You canupdate the gVNIC driveron images that don't have the latest version.
Purchasable stock keeping units (SKUs) for Tier_1 networking are excluded fromcommitted use discounts.
Large C4, C4D, C3, C3D, and Z3 VMs might encounter NUMA-related bottlenecks when bandwidth is pushed beyond 100 Gbps. Depending on your application architecture, you might need to control for thread and interrupt placement. On Linux, guest OS features such asReceive Flow Steering (RFS)can help address this issue. Verify that your applications are NUMA-tuned to maximize your performance.
On Windows VMs, the gVNIC driver provides up to 50 Gbps of network bandwidth, for both the default network and Tier_1 networking. However, on third generation and later instances that support up to 200 Gbps network bandwidth, you can use an updated version of the gVNIC driver to achieve close to line-rate performance. For more information, seeUpdate to the latest gVNIC driver for Windows.

Bandwidth tiers

The egress bandwidth limit represents the maximum possible amount of data per unit of time (for example, gigabits per second, or Gbps) that Google Cloud allows a VM to emit from its network interfaces (NICs). The egress bandwidth includes data transferred to all Persistent Disk and Google Cloud Hyperdisk volumes attached to the VM.

Note the following about bandwidth limits:

The default bandwidth limit ranges from 10 Gbps to 200 Gbps, depending on the machine type and VM size.
Tier_1 networking increases the maximum egress bandwidth limit for VMs. The maximum egress bandwidth limit ranges from 50 Gbps to 200 Gbps, depending on the size and machine type of your VM.
The actual egress bandwidth is always less than or equal to the egress bandwidth limit.

To achieve the highest possible egress bandwidth, all of the following must be true:

The sending and receiving VMs must be in the same zone.
The VMs must have NICs in the same VPC network or in VPC networks connected by VPC Network Peering.
Packets sent between the VMs must useinternal IP address destinations.
The VPC network used by the VMs uses the highestmaximum transmission unit (MTU) setting. A higher MTU reduces the packet-header overhead and thus increases payload data throughput.

For a complete discussion about egress and ingress bandwidth limits, seeNetwork bandwidth.

General-purpose C4 VMs

The following table describes the egress bandwidth limits for C4 VMs.

vCPUs	Internal IP	Tier_1Internal IP	External IP	Tier_1External IP
2	10 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
4	23 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
8	23 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
16	23 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
32	23 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
48	34 Gbps	50 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
96	67 Gbps	100 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
192	100 Gbps	200 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps

General-purpose C4A VMs

The following table describes the egress bandwidth limits for C4A VMs.

vCPUs	Internal IP	Tier_1 Internal IP	External IP	Tier_1 External IP
1	10 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
2	10 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
4	23 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
8	23 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
16	23 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
32	23 Gbps	50 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
48	34 Gbps	50 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
64	45 Gbps	75 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
72	50 Gbps	100 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps

General-purpose C4D instances

The following table describes the egress bandwidth limits for C4D instances.

vCPUs	Internal IP	Tier_1 Internal IP	External IP	Tier_1 External IP
2	10 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
4	20 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
8	20 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
16	20 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
32	23 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
48	34 Gbps	50 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
64	45 Gbps	75 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
96	67 Gbps	100 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
192	100 Gbps	150 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
384	100 Gbps	200 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps

General-purpose C3 VMs and bare metal instances

The following table describes the egress bandwidth limits for C3 VMs and bare metal instances.

vCPUs	Internal IP	Tier_1 Internal IP	External IP	Tier_1 External IP
4	23 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
8	23 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
22	23 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
44	32 Gbps	50 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
88	62 Gbps	100 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
176	100 Gbps	200 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
192	100 Gbps	200 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps

General-purpose C3D VMs

vCPUs	Internal IP	Tier_1 Internal IP	External IP	Tier_1 External IP
4	20 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
8	20 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
16	20 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
30	20 Gbps	50 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
60	40 Gbps	75 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
90	60 Gbps	100 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
180	100 Gbps	150 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
360	100 Gbps	200 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps

Compute-optimized C2 VMs

The following table describes the egress bandwidth limits for C2 VMs.

vCPUs	Internal IP	Tier_1 Internal IP	External IP	Tier_1 External IP
4	10 Gbps	Not applicable (N/A)	7 Gbps	N/A
8	16 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
16	32 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
30	32 Gbps	50 Gbps	7 Gbps	7 Gbps
60	32 Gbps	100 Gbps	7 Gbps	7 Gbps

Compute-optimized C2D VMs

The following table describes the egress bandwidth limits for C2D VMs.

vCPUs	Internal IP	Tier_1 Internal IP	External IP	Tier_1 External IP
2	10 Gbps	Not applicable (N/A)	7 Gbps	N/A
4	10 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
8	16 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
16	32 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
32	32 Gbps	50 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
56	32 Gbps	50 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
112	32 Gbps	100 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps

Compute-optimized H3 VMs

The following table describes the egress bandwidth limits for H3 VMs.

vCPUs	Internal IP	External IP
88	200 Gbps	1 Gbps

Memory-optimized M4 VMs

The following table describes the egress bandwidth limits for M4 VMs.

vCPUs	Internal IP	Tier_1 Internal IP	External IP	Tier_1 External IP
56	32 Gbps	50 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
112	50 Gbps	100 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
224	100 Gbps	200 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps

Memory-optimized M3 VMs

The following table describes the egress bandwidth limits for M3 VMs.

vCPUs	Internal IP	Tier_1 Internal IP	External IP	Tier_1 External IP
32	32 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
64	32 Gbps	50 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
128	32 Gbps	100 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps

General-purpose N2 VMs

The following table describes the egress bandwidth limits for N2 VMs.

vCPUs	Internal IP	Tier_1 Internal IP	External IP	Tier_1 External IP
2	10 Gbps	Not applicable (N/A)	7 Gbps	N/A
4	10 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
8	16 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
16	32 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
32	32 Gbps	50 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
48	32 Gbps	50 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
64	32 Gbps	75 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
80	32 Gbps	100 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
96	32 Gbps	100 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
128	32 Gbps	100 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps

General-purpose N2 (custom size shapes) VMs

The following table describes the egress bandwidth limits for custom-sized N2 VMs.

vCPUs	Internal IP	Tier_1 Internal IP	External IP	Tier_1 External IP
2, 4, or 6	10 Gbps	Not applicable (N/A)	7 Gbps	N/A
8, 10, 12, or 14	16 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, or 30	32 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
32, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, or 60	32 Gbps	50 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
64, 68, 72, or 76	32 Gbps	75 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
80 or more	32 Gbps	100 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps

General-purpose N2D VMs

The following table describes the egress bandwidth limits for N2D VMs.

vCPUs	Internal IP	Tier_1 Internal IP	External IP	Tier_1 External IP
2	10 Gbps	Not applicable (N/A)	7 Gbps	N/A
4	10 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
8	16 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
16	32 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
32	32 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
48	32 Gbps	50 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
64	32 Gbps	50 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
80	32 Gbps	50 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
96	32 Gbps	100 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
128	32 Gbps	100 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
224	32 Gbps	100 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps

General-purpose N2D (custom size shapes) VMs

The following table describes the egress bandwidth limits for custom-sized N2D VMs.

vCPUs	Internal IP	Tier_1 Internal IP	External IP	Tier_1 External IP
2 or 4	10 Gbps	Not applicable (N/A)	7 Gbps	N/A
8	16 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
16 or 32	32 Gbps	N/A	7 Gbps	N/A
48, 64, or 80	32 Gbps	50 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
96	32 Gbps	100 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps

Memory-optimized X4 instance

The following table describes the egress bandwidth limits for X4 bare metal instances.

vCPUs	Internal IP	External IP
960	100 Gbps	7 Gbps
1440	100 Gbps	7 Gbps
1920	100 Gbps	7 Gbps

Storage-optimized Z3 VMs

The following table describes the egress bandwidth limits for Z3 VMs.

vCPUs	Internal IP	Tier_1 Internal IP	External IP	Tier_1 External IP
88	62 Gbps	100 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
176	100 Gbps	200 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps
192 (Preview)	100 Gbps	200 Gbps	7 Gbps	25 Gbps

Configure an instance with Tier_1 networking

You can enable Tier_1 networking when creating a compute instance if the instance doesn't use the VirtioNet interface. You can also edit an instance to add or remove Tier_1 networking, provided the instance was created with the gVNIC or IDPF network interface .

Optionally, you can alsoenable faster network packet processing with DPDKto run performance-intensive applications on a VM that uses Tier_1 networking.

Create instances and containers that use Tier_1 networking

Use the Google Cloud console, the Google Cloud CLI or REST to add Tier_1 networking to a new compute instance orcontainer.

Console

In the Google Cloud console, go to the VM instances page.
Go to VM instances
Select your project.
Click Create instance.
Specify a Name for your compute instance. For more information, seeResource naming convention.
Select a region and zone that supports the machine type you plan to use.
Select a Machine configuration for your instance. To create an instance with Tier_1 networking, you must select a supported machine series and type.
- Click the General purpose tab before selecting N2, N2D, C4, C4A, C4D, C3, or C3D from the Series drop-down menu.
- Click the Compute optimized tab before selecting C2 or C2D from the Series menu.
- Click the Memory optimized tab before selecting M3 or M4 from the Series menu.
- Click the Storage optimized tab before selecting Z3 from the Series menu.
  If you get an error that the machine type is not available in the selected region, change the region to one that supports your chosen machine type.
In the Machine type menu, choose a machine type that aligns with the bandwidth tier size requirements.
To select a compatible operating system, in the Boot disksection, click Change, and then select a supported operating system or use the Custom Images tab to select acustom image.
Optional. In the Firewall section, choose your firewall rules.
Expand the Advanced options section.
Expand the Networking section, and then do the following:
In the Network interface card menu, select gVNIC.
In the Network bandwidth section, select theEnable per VM Tier_1 networking performance checkbox.
If your VM has multiple NICs or your instance uses IPv6 addresses, configure your Network interfaces.
Click Create.

gcloud

Use the gcloud compute instances create commandto create a VM with a gVNIC virtual network driver. Use the --network-performance-configs flag and the--network-interface flag to configure a network performance setting for a VM. If you don't specify these flags the VM is created with the default network performance configuration.

To create a VM running container images, use thegcloud compute instances create-with-container command.

gcloud compute instances create VM_NAME
--image=OS_IMAGE
--machine-type=MACHINE_TYPE
--network-performance-configs=total-egress-bandwidth-tier=TIER_1
--network-interface=nic-type=GVNIC

Replace the following:

VM_NAME: the name of the VM
OS_IMAGE: an image that supportsgVNIC image
MACHINE_TYPE: a machine type that supports a high-bandwidth configuration

For example:

gcloud compute instances create instance-1
--network-performance-configs=total-egress-bandwidth-tier=TIER_1
--network-interface=nic-type=GVNIC
--image-family=rocky-linux-8-optimized-gcp
--image-project=rocky-linux-cloud
--machine-type=n2-standard-32

REST

Call the Compute Engine APIinstances.insert methodto create a VM with a high-bandwidth network configuration. Within the request body:

Set the networkPerformanceConfig parameters tototalEgressBandwidthTier and TIER_1.
Set the networkInterface parameters to nicType and GVNIC.

POST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/zones/ZONE/instances

{ "name": VM_NAME, "description": string, ... "networkPerformanceConfig": { "totalEgressBandwidthTier": TIER_1 }, "networkInterfaces": [ { "nicType": "GVNIC" }, ... ] }

Replace the following:

PROJECT_ID: your project ID
ZONE: the zone where you want to create the VM
VM_NAME: the name of the VM

Update a VM to include Tier_1 networking

Refer to the Updating instance propertiesdocumentation to verify that you are meeting all the requirements to successfully update your VM. Use the Google Cloud console, the Google Cloud CLI or REST to update a VM.

You can modify an existing VM to change the network configuration to include or exclude per VM Tier_1 networking performance. Your VM must already have a gVNIC interface associated with it; you can't edit your VM to add a network interface. To update the network configuration, you must stop and restart the VM.

Console

In the Google Cloud console, go to the VM instances page.
Go to VM instances
Select your project.
Click the name of the VM that you want to modify.
Click Stopto stop the VM. If there is no Stop option, clickMore actions > Stop.
Click Edit.
If your VM was originally configured with a gVNIC card, select theEnable per VM Tier_1 networking performance checkbox to add per VM Tier_1 networking performance, or deselect the checkbox to remove this feature from your VM.
Save your changes.
Restart your VM.

gcloud

Export your VM's information to a YAML file using thegcloud compute instances export command.
gcloud compute instances export VM_NAME \
--zone=ZONE --destination=PATH_TO_FILE
Replace the following:
- VM_NAME: the name of the VM
- ZONE: the name of the zone where the VM is located
- PATH_TO_FILE: the relative path to the YAML file
  For example:
  gcloud compute instances export instance-1 \
  --zone=europe-west1-c --destination=test-file.yaml
Use the Cloud Shell Editor, or the editor of your choice to open the YAML file you created.
In the file, locate the configuration section fornetworkPerformanceConfig. Change the setting fortotalEgressBandwidthTier as shown in the following example:
networkPerformanceConfig:
totalEgressBandwidthTier: TIER_1
Setting totalEgressBandwidthTier to TIER_1 adds Tier_1 networking. Setting it to DEFAULT removes the configuration.
Use the gcloud compute instance update-from-file commandto update the VM with the changes in the file.
gcloud compute instances update-from-file VM_NAME \
--zone=ZONE \
--source=PATH_TO_FILE \
--most-disruptive-allowed-action=RESTART
Replace the following:
- VM_NAME: the name of the VM
- ZONE: the name of the zone where the VM is located
- PATH_TO_FILE: your YAML filename
  The --most-disruptive-allowed-action=RESTART flag setting automatically restarts your VM with the updated configuration.

REST

Call theinstances.update methodto modify the network configuration.

PUT https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/zones/ZONE/instances/RESOURCE_ID?most_disruptive_allowed_action=RESTART

{ "networkPerformanceConfig":{ "totalEgressBandwidthTier": "TIER_1" }, ... }

Setting totalEgressBandwidthTier to TIER_1 adds Tier_1 networking. Setting it to DEFAULT removes the configuration.

Replace the following:

PROJECT_ID: your project ID
ZONE: the zone where your VM resides
RESOURCE_ID: the name of your VM

The most_disruptive_allowed_action=RESTART query parameter automatically restarts your VM with the updated configuration.

Verify high-bandwidth configuration in a VM

Use the Google Cloud console, the Google Cloud CLI or REST to generate a description of an existing VM or an existing VM running container images to verify the VM's bandwidth tier.

Console

In the Google Cloud console, go to the VM instances page.
Go to VM instances
Select your project and click Continue.
Click the VM name to see its configuration details and see if the VM uses per VM Tier_1 networking performance.

gcloud

Use thegcloud compute instances describe commandto check if your VM uses per VM Tier_1 networking performance.

For example:

gcloud compute instances describe VM_NAME
--format="text(name, networkPerformanceConfig)"

The output is similar to the following:

name: instance-1 networkPerformanceConfig.totalEgressBandwidthTier:TIER_1

If the output shows the value DEFAULT, then Tier_1 networking isn't enabled.

REST

Call the Compute Engine APIinstances.get methodto view the network configuration.

GET https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/zones/ZONE/instances/RESOURCE_ID/

Replace the following:

PROJECT_ID: your project name
ZONE: the zone where your VM resides
RESOURCE_ID: the name of your VM

The output should contain the following lines:

{ "name": RESOURCE_ID, "description": string, ... "networkPerformanceConfig": { "totalEgressBandwidthTier": "TIER_1" }, ... }

If the output shows the value DEFAULT, then Tier_1 networking is not enabled.

Create an instance template with Tier_1 networking

Use the Google Cloud console, the Google Cloud CLI or REST to create an instance template with per VM Tier_1 networking performance. Refer to the Creating an instance templatedocumentation to verify that you are meeting all the requirements to create your VM instance template.

Console

In the Google Cloud console, go to the Instance templates page.
Go to Instance templates
Click Create instance template.
Enter values for the following fields, or accept the default values.
Specify a Name for your instance template. For more information, seeResource naming convention.
Select a region and zone that supports Tier_1 networking.
Select a Machine configuration for your VM. To create a VM with Tier_1 networking, you must select a supported machine series and machine type.
- Click the General purpose tab before selecting N2, N2D, C4, C4A, C4D, C3, or C3D from the Series drop-down menu.
- Click the Compute optimized tab before selecting C2 or C2D from the Series menu.
- Click the Storage optimized tab before selecting Z3 from the Series menu.
In the Machine type menu, choose a machine type that aligns with thebandwidth tier size requirements.
In the Boot disk section, click Change, and then select a gVNIC-compatible orcustom image.
Optional. In the Firewall section, choose your firewall rules.
Expand the Advanced options section.
Expand the Networking section, and then do the following:
In the Network interface card menu, select gVNIC.
In the Network bandwidth section, select theEnable per VM Tier_1 networking performance checkbox.
If your VM has multiple NICs or you use IPv6 addresses, configure your Network interfaces.
Click Create.

gcloud

Use the gcloud compute instance-templates create commandwith both the --network-performance-configs and the --network-interfaceflags.

gcloud compute instance-templates create INSTANCE_TEMPLATE_NAME
--image=OS_IMAGE
--machine-type=MACHINE_TYPE
--network-performance-configs=total-egress-bandwidth-tier=TIER_1
--network-interface=nic-type=GVNIC

Replace the following:

INSTANCE_TEMPLATE_NAME: the name of your instance template
OS_IMAGE: an operating system image that supportsgVNIC
MACHINE_TYPE: a machine type that supports Tier_1 networking, as described inBandwidth tiers.

For example:

gcloud compute instance-templates create instance-template-1
--image-family=rocky-linux-8-optimized-gcp
--image-project=rocky-linux-cloud
--network-performance-configs=total-egress-bandwidth-tier=TIER_1
--machine-type=n2-standard-32
--network-interface=nic-type=GVNIC

REST

Call the Compute Engine APIinstanceTemplates.insert method. Within the request body, set the networkPerformanceConfig parameter to totalEgressBandwidthTier and TIER_1. Set the networkInterfacesparameter to nicType and GVNIC.

POST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/global/instancesTemplates

{ "name": "INSTANCE_TEMPLATE_NAME", "properties": { "machineType": "zones/ZONE/machineTypes/MACHINE_TYPE", ... "networkPerformanceConfig": { "totalEgressBandwidthTier": "TIER_1" }, "networkInterfaces": [ { "nicType": "GVNIC" }, ... }

Replace the following:

PROJECT_ID: your project name
INSTANCE_TEMPLATE_NAME: your instance template name
ZONE: the zone where your VM is located
MACHINE_TYPE: the machine type of the VM
RESOURCE_ID: the name of your VM

Benchmark a higher bandwidth configuration

You canrun a benchmark testto check your VM's performance with per VM Tier_1 networking performance. Be sure to remove the benchmarking resourcesyou created during testing to avoid unexpected resource charges.

What's next

High-bandwidth pricing