Get-PassthroughDevice Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

Get-PassthroughDevice

This cmdlet retrieves the pass-through devices available on the specified hosts, virtual machines, and templates.

Syntax

Get-PassthroughDevice
[ [-Type ] < PassthroughDeviceType > ]
[-Id < String[] > ]
[-Name < String[] > ]
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[-Template < Template[] > ]
[-VM < VirtualMachine[] > ]
[-VMHost < VMHost[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
optional Type PassthroughDeviceType 1
Specifies the type of the pass-through devices you want to retrieve. The valid values are SCSI and PCI. PCI is supported only on vCenter Server 4.1 and ESX 4.1 and later.
optional Id String[] named
  • wildcards
Specifies the IDs of the pass-through devices you want to retrieve. Note: When a list of values is specified for the Id parameter, the returned objects would have an ID that matches exactly one of the string values in that list.
optional Name String[] named
  • wildcards
Specifies the names of the pass-through devices you want to retrieve.
optional ProgressAction ActionPreference named
optional Server VIServer[] named
  • wildcards
Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is provided or $null value is passed to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of Connect-VIServer.
optional Template Template[] named
  • pipeline
  • wildcards
Specifies the virtual machine templates for which you want to retrieve the pass-through devices.
optional VM VirtualMachine[] named
  • pipeline
  • wildcards
Specifies the virtual machines for which you want to retrieve the pass-through devices.
optional VMHost VMHost[] named
  • pipeline
  • wildcards
Specifies the hosts for which you want to retrieve the pass-through devices.

Output

VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.VirtualDevice.PassThroughDevice

Examples

Example 1

Get-PassthroughDevice -VMHost Host -Type Scsi

Retrieves the SCSI passthrough devices of the Host host.

Related Commands

PassthroughDevice

This cmdlet attaches pass-through devices to the specified virtual machine.

This cmdlet retrieves the pass-through devices available on the specified hosts, virtual machines, and templates.

This cmdlet removes the specified pass-through devices.