NSX-T Data Center REST API

Return a specific physical server

Returns information about physical/bare metal server based on given transport node id.

Request:

Method:

GET

URI Path(s):

/api/v1/fabric/physical-servers/<physical-server-id>

Request Headers:

n/a

Query Parameters:

n/a

Request Body:

n/a

Example Request:

GET https://<nsx-mgr>/api/v1/fabric/physical-servers/

Successful Response:

Response Code:

200 OK

Response Headers:

Content-type: application/json

Response Body:

PhysicalServer+

PhysicalServer (schema)

Name	Description	Type	Notes
_create_time	Timestamp of resource creation	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_create_user	ID of the user who created this resource	string	Readonly
_last_modified_time	Timestamp of last modification	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_last_modified_user	ID of the user who last modified this resource	string	Readonly
_links	References related to this resource The server will populate this field when returing the resource. Ignored on PUT and POST.	array of ResourceLink	Readonly
_protection	Indicates protection status of this resource Protection status is one of the following: PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is not allowed to modify it. NOT_PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is allowed to modify it REQUIRE_OVERRIDE - the client who retrieved the entity is a super user and can modify it, but only when providing the request header X-Allow-Overwrite=true. UNKNOWN - the _protection field could not be determined for this entity.	string	Readonly
_revision	Generation of this resource config The _revision property describes the current revision of the resource. To prevent clients from overwriting each other's changes, PUT operations must include the current _revision of the resource, which clients should obtain by issuing a GET operation. If the _revision provided in a PUT request is missing or stale, the operation will be rejected.	int
_schema	Schema for this resource	string	Readonly
_self	Link to this resource	SelfResourceLink	Readonly
_system_owned	Indicates system owned resource	boolean	Readonly
description	Description of this resource	string	Maximum length: 1024 Sortable
display_name	Identifier to use when displaying entity in logs or GUI Defaults to ID if not set	string	Maximum length: 255 Sortable
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
ip_addresses	IP Addresses of the physical server, version 4 or 6 IP addresses of the physical server specified by the admin while registering as Transport node in nsx.	array of IPAddress	Readonly
os_type	OS type of the physical server OS type of the physical server.	string	Readonly Enum: RHELSERVER, UBUNTUSERVER, CENTOSSERVER, SLESSERVER, WINDOWSSERVER, OELSERVER
resource_type	Must be set to the value PhysicalServer	string
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30

Example Response:

{ "display_name": "rhelserver1", "os_type": "RHELSERVER", "id": "420e72c9-55e7-a4f7-81bf-673a2af1a6cf", "ip_addresses": [ "192.168.110.37", "192.168.110.38" ] }

Required Permissions:

read

Feature:

nodes_transport_nodes

Additional Errors:

• 404 Not Found
• 301 Moved Permanently
• 307 Temporary Redirect
• 400 Bad Request
• 403 Forbidden
• 409 Conflict
• 412 Precondition Failed
• 500 Internal Server Error
• 503 Service Unavailable