PhysicalNic
This data object type describes the physical network adapter as seen by the primary operating system.
{
"_typeName": "string",
"key": "string",
"device": "string",
"pci": "string",
"driver": "string",
"driverVersion": "string",
"firmwareVersion": "string",
"linkSpeed": {
"_typeName": "string",
"speedMb": 0,
"duplex": false
},
"validLinkSpecification": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"speedMb": 0,
"duplex": false
}
],
"spec": {
"_typeName": "string",
"ip": {
"_typeName": "string",
"dhcp": false,
"ipAddress": "string",
"subnetMask": "string",
"ipV6Config": {
"_typeName": "string",
"ipV6Address": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"ipAddress": "string",
"prefixLength": 0,
"origin": "string",
"dadState": "string",
"lifetime": "string",
"operation": "string"
}
],
"autoConfigurationEnabled": false,
"dhcpV6Enabled": false
}
},
"linkSpeed": {
"_typeName": "string",
"speedMb": 0,
"duplex": false
},
"enableEnhancedNetworkingStack": false,
"ensInterruptEnabled": false
},
"wakeOnLanSupported": false,
"mac": "string",
"fcoeConfiguration": {
"_typeName": "string",
"priorityClass": 0,
"sourceMac": "string",
"vlanRange": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"vlanLow": 0,
"vlanHigh": 0
}
],
"capabilities": {
"_typeName": "string",
"priorityClass": false,
"sourceMacAddress": false,
"vlanRange": false
},
"fcoeActive": false
},
"vmDirectPathGen2Supported": false,
"vmDirectPathGen2SupportedMode": "string",
"resourcePoolSchedulerAllowed": false,
"resourcePoolSchedulerDisallowedReason": [
"string"
],
"autoNegotiateSupported": false,
"enhancedNetworkingStackSupported": false,
"ensInterruptSupported": false,
"rdmaDevice": {
"_typeName": "string",
"key": "string",
"device": "string",
"driver": "string",
"description": "string",
"backing": {
"_typeName": "string"
},
"connectionInfo": {
"_typeName": "string",
"state": "string",
"mtu": 0,
"speedInMbps": 0
},
"capability": {
"_typeName": "string",
"roceV1Capable": false,
"roceV2Capable": false,
"iWarpCapable": false
}
},
"dpuId": "string"
}The linkable identifier.
The device name of the physical network adapter.
Device hash of the PCI device corresponding to this physical network adapter.
The name of the driver.
From command line: esxcli network nic get
The version of the physical network adapter operating system driver.
Since: vSphere API Release 8.0.0.1
The version of the firmware running in the network adapter.
Since: vSphere API Release 8.0.0.1
The PhysicalNicLinkInfo data object describes the link speed and the type of duplex communication.
The link speed indicates the bit rate in megabits per second. The duplex boolean indicates if the link is capable of full-duplex or half-duplex communication.
The valid combinations of speed and duplexity for this physical network adapter.
The speed and the duplex settings usually must be configured as a pair. This array lists all the valid combinations available for a physical network adapter.
Autonegotiate is not listed as one of the combinations supported. If is implicitly supported by the physical network adapter unless autoNegotiateSupported is set to false.
This data object type describes the physical network adapter specification representing the properties on a physical network adapter that can be configured once the object exists.
Flag indicating whether the NIC is wake-on-LAN capable
The media access control (MAC) address of the physical network adapter.
This data object type describes an FCoE configuration as it pertains to an underlying physical NIC.
Terminology is borrowed from T11's working draft of the Fibre Channel Backbone 5 standard (FC-BB-5). The draft can be found at http://www.t11.org.
Deprecated as of vSphere API 8.0. VMDirectPath Gen 2 is no longer supported and there is no replacement.
Flag indicating whether the NIC supports VMDirectPath Gen 2.
Note that this is only an indicator of the capabilities of this NIC, not of the whole host.
If the host software is not capable of VMDirectPath Gen 2, this property will be unset, as the host cannot provide information on the NIC capability.
See also vmDirectPathGen2Supported.
Deprecated as of vSphere API 8.0. VMDirectPath Gen 2 is no longer supported and there is no replacement.
If vmDirectPathGen2Supported is true, this property advertises the VMDirectPath Gen 2 mode supported by this NIC (chosen from PhysicalNicVmDirectPathGen2SupportedModeEnum).
A mode may require that the associated vSphere Distributed Switch have a particular ProductSpec in order for network passthrough to be possible.
Flag indicating whether the NIC allows resource pool based scheduling for network I/O control.
If resourcePoolSchedulerAllowed is false, this property advertises the reason for disallowing resource scheduling on this NIC.
The reasons may be one of PhysicalNicResourcePoolSchedulerDisallowedReasonEnum
If set the flag indicates if the physical network adapter supports autonegotiate.
If set the flag indicates whether a physical nic supports Enhanced Networking Stack driver
If set the flag indicates whether a physical nic supports Enhanced Networking Stack interrupt mode
This data object represents a Remote Direct Memory Access device as seen by the primary operating system.
The identifier of the DPU by which the physical NIC is backed.
When physical NIC is not backed by DPU, dpuId will be unset.
Since: vSphere API Release 8.0.0.1