Network_Summary

Network_Summary
Network_Summary

The Network.Summary structure contains commonly used information about a network.

JSON Example 
{
    "network": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "type": "string"
}
string
network
Required

Identifier of the network. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: Network. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: Network.

string
name
Required

Name of the network.

Network_Type
type
Required

The Network.Type enumerated type defines the type of a vCenter Server network. The type of a network can be used to determine what features it supports and which APIs can be used to find more information about the network or change its configuration.
STANDARD_PORTGROUP : vSphere standard portgroup (created and managed on ESX)
DISTRIBUTED_PORTGROUP : Distributed virtual portgroup (created and managed through vCenter)
OPAQUE_NETWORK : A network whose configuration is managed outside of vSphere. The identifer and name of the network is made available through vSphere so that host and virtual machine virtual ethernet devices can connect to them.

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