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Data Object - HostVirtualSwitch(vim.host.VirtualSwitch)

Property of

HostNetworkInfo, HostPortGroup

Extends

DynamicData

See also

HostPortGroup, HostVirtualSwitchSpec, PhysicalNic

Since

2.0

Data Object Description

The virtual switch is a software entity to which multiple virtual network adapters can connect to create a virtual network. It can also be bridged to a physical network.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
key	xsd:string	The virtual switch key.
mtu*	xsd:int	The maximum transmission unit (MTU) associated with this virtual switch in bytes. Since VI API 2.5
name	xsd:string	The name of the virtual switch. Maximum length is 32 characters.
numPorts	xsd:int	The number of ports that this virtual switch currently has.
numPortsAvailable	xsd:int	The number of ports that are available on this virtual switch. There are a number of networking services that utilize a port on the virtual switch and are not accounted for in the Port array of a PortGroup. For example, each physical NIC attached to a virtual switch consumes one port. This property should be used when attempting to implement admission control for new services attaching to virtual switches.
pnic*	xsd:string[]	The set of physical network adapters associated with this bridge.
portgroup*	xsd:string[]	The list of port groups configured for this virtual switch.
spec	HostVirtualSwitchSpec	The specification of this virtual switch.
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

*Need not be set
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