Distributed Virtual Switch Get Capability

Capability of the switch.

Capabilities are indicated at the port, portgroup and switch levels, and for version-specific features. When you retrieve this property from an ESXi host, capability.dvsOperationSupported should always be set to false.

Request

URI

GET

https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/DistributedVirtualSwitch/{moId}/capability

COPY

Path Parameters

string

moId

Required

The unique identifier for the managed object to which the property attaches; the serialized managed object reference for a request has the form moType/moId, in this case DistributedVirtualSwitch/{moId}.

string

release

Required

The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.3.0 APIs.

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

Session

Responses

200

Returns DVSCapability of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: DataObject

{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "dvsOperationSupported": false,
    "dvPortGroupOperationSupported": false,
    "dvPortOperationSupported": false,
    "compatibleHostComponentProductInfo": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "productLineId": "string",
            "version": "string"
        }
    ],
    "featuresSupported": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "networkResourceManagementSupported": false,
        "vmDirectPathGen2Supported": false,
        "nicTeamingPolicy": [
            "string"
        ],
        "networkResourcePoolHighShareValue": 0,
        "networkResourceManagementCapability": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "networkResourceManagementSupported": false,
            "networkResourcePoolHighShareValue": 0,
            "qosSupported": false,
            "userDefinedNetworkResourcePoolsSupported": false,
            "networkResourceControlVersion3Supported": false,
            "userDefinedInfraTrafficPoolSupported": false
        },
        "healthCheckCapability": {
            "_typeName": "string"
        },
        "rollbackCapability": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "rollbackSupported": false
        },
        "backupRestoreCapability": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "backupRestoreSupported": false
        },
        "networkFilterSupported": false,
        "macLearningSupported": false
    }
}

boolean

dvsOperationSupported

Optional

Indicates whether this switch allows vCenter users to modify the switch configuration at the switch level, except for host member, policy, and scope operations.

boolean

dvPortGroupOperationSupported

Optional

Indicates whether this switch allows vCenter users to modify the switch configuration at the portgroup level, except for host member, policy, and scope operations.

boolean

dvPortOperationSupported

Optional

Indicates whether this switch allows vCenter users to modify the switch configuration at the port level, except for host member, policy, and scope operations.

array of DistributedVirtualSwitchHostProductSpec

compatibleHostComponentProductInfo

Optional

List of host component product information that is compatible with the current switch implementation.

DVSFeatureCapability

featuresSupported

Optional

The DVSFeatureCapability data object represents the capabilities supported by a DistributedVirtualSwitch.

These properties are read-only with the exception of vmDirectPathGen2Supported.

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