Esx Settings HostHardwareSpec

The Esx Settings HostHardwareSpec schema contains properties to describe the host's hardware specifications like vendor, model, family and oem string.

This schema was added in vSphere API 9.0.0.0.

JSON Example

{
    "vendor": "string",
    "models": [
        "string"
    ],
    "families": [
        "string"
    ],
    "oem_strings": [
        "string"
    ]
}

string

vendor

Required

Host's vendor name. Maps to "Manufacturer" in SMBIOS: System Information (Type 1) and offset 04h

This property was added in vSphere API 9.0.0.0.

array of string

models

Optional

Host's model name.

This property was added in vSphere API 9.0.0.0.

If missing or null, model name will not be used for image selection Maps to "Product Name" in SMBIOS: System Information (Type 1) and offset 05h

array of string

families

Optional

Host's family name.

This property was added in vSphere API 9.0.0.0.

If missing or null, family name will not be used for image selection Maps to "Family" in SMBIOS: System Information (Type 1) and offset 1Ah

array of string

oem_strings

Optional

Host's OEM string.

This property was added in vSphere API 9.0.0.0.

If missing or null, oem string will not be used for image selection Maps to SMBIOS: OEM Strings (Type 11)