NSX-T Data Center REST API

Create MACSet (Deprecated)

Creates a new MACSet that can group individual MAC addresses.
Deprecated: This API is deprecated. Please use policy API /infra/domains//groups to create a group with MACAddress.

Request:

Method:

POST

URI Path(s):

/api/v1/mac-sets

Request Headers:

n/a

Query Parameters:

n/a

Request Body:

MACSet+

MACSet (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
mac_addresses	MAC addresses	array of MACAddress	Maximum items: 4000
resource_type	Must be set to the value MACSet	string
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30

Example Request:

{ "display_name":"testMACSet", "mac_addresses":["01:23:45:67:89:ab","00:14:22:01:23:45"] }

Successful Response:

Response Code:

201 Created

Response Headers:

Content-type: application/json

Response Body:

MACSet+

MACSet (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
mac_addresses	MAC addresses	array of MACAddress	Maximum items: 4000
resource_type	Must be set to the value MACSet	string
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30

Example Response:

{ "resource_type": "MACSet", "id": "c20eb62d-9ff1-4d64-8506-134e603e01f9", "display_name": "testMACSet", "mac_addresses": [ "01:23:45:67:89:AB", "00:14:22:01:23:45" ], "_last_modified_time": 1458327532700, "_create_time": 1458327532700, "_last_modified_user": "admin", "_system_owned": false, "_create_user": "admin", "_revision": 0 }

Required Permissions:

crud

Feature:

groups_mac_sets

Additional Errors:

• 301 Moved Permanently
• 307 Temporary Redirect
• 400 Bad Request
• 403 Forbidden
• 409 Conflict
• 412 Precondition Failed
• 500 Internal Server Error
• 503 Service Unavailable