Data Object Description

DistributedVirtualSwitch

Properties

Name	Type	Description
backing*	DistributedVirtualSwitchHostMemberBacking	Specifies the physical NICs to use as backing for the proxy switch on the host.
host	ManagedObjectReference to a HostSystem	Identifies a host member of a DistributedVirtualSwitch for a CreateDVS_Task or DistributedVirtualSwitch.ReconfigureDvs_Task operation.
maxProxySwitchPorts*	xsd:int	Maximum number of ports allowed in the HostProxySwitch. ESXi 5.0 and earlier hosts: If you are reconfiguring an existing host membership, that is, the proxy switch already exists, you must reboot the host for the new setting to take effect.
operation	xsd:string	Host member operation type. See ConfigSpecOperation for valid values.
vendorSpecificConfig*	DistributedVirtualSwitchKeyedOpaqueBlob[]	Opaque binary blob that stores vendor specific configuration.
Properties inherited from DynamicData
dynamicProperty, dynamicType

Name

Type

Description

backing*

DistributedVirtualSwitchHostMemberBacking

Specifies the physical NICs to use as backing for the proxy switch on the host.

host

ManagedObjectReference
to a HostSystem

Identifies a host member of a DistributedVirtualSwitch for a CreateDVS_Task or DistributedVirtualSwitch.ReconfigureDvs_Task operation.

maxProxySwitchPorts*

xsd:int

Maximum number of ports allowed in the HostProxySwitch.

ESXi 5.0 and earlier hosts: If you are reconfiguring an existing host membership, that is, the proxy switch already exists, you must reboot the host for the new setting to take effect.

operation

xsd:string

Host member operation type. See ConfigSpecOperation for valid values.

vendorSpecificConfig*

DistributedVirtualSwitchKeyedOpaqueBlob[]

Opaque binary blob that stores vendor specific configuration.

Properties inherited from DynamicData

dynamicProperty, dynamicType

Need not be set

Show WSDL type definition

         <complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="DistributedVirtualSwitchHostMemberConfigSpec">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:DynamicData">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="operation" type="xsd:string"/>
                     <element name="host" type="vim25:ManagedObjectReference"/>
                     <element name="backing" type="vim25:DistributedVirtualSwitchHostMemberBacking" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="maxProxySwitchPorts" type="xsd:int" minOccurs="0"/>
                     <element name="vendorSpecificConfig" type="vim25:DistributedVirtualSwitchKeyedOpaqueBlob" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>

Data Object - DistributedVirtualSwitchHostMemberConfigSpec

Data Object Description