Distributed Virtual Switch Manager Query Available Dvs Spec

This operation returns a list of switch product specifications that are supported by the vCenter Server.

Required privileges: System.View

Request

URI

POST

https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/DistributedVirtualSwitchManager/{moId}/QueryAvailableDvsSpec

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Path Parameters

string

moId

Required

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

string

release

Required

The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 9.1.0.0 APIs.

Request Body

QueryAvailableDvsSpecRequestType of type(s) application/json

Optional

{
    "recommended": false
}

boolean

recommended

Optional

If set to true, return only the recommended versions. If set to false, return only the not recommended versions. If unset, return all supported versions.

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

Session

Responses

200

[
    {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "name": "string",
        "vendor": "string",
        "version": "string",
        "build": "string",
        "forwardingClass": "string",
        "bundleId": "string",
        "bundleUrl": "string"
    }
]

array of object

Optional

This data object type is a subset of AboutInfo.

An object of this type can be used to describe the specification for a proxy switch module of a DistributedVirtualSwitch.

Code Samples

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                    curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: <value>' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{}' https://{api_host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/DistributedVirtualSwitchManager/{moId}/QueryAvailableDvsSpec

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Description

Request

Path Parameters

Request Body

Authentication

Response

200 Response Body

Virtual Infrastructure Operations

POST

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POST