This API has a deprecated equivalent from v7.0U1.
List Hardware Ethernet
Returns commonly used information about the virtual Ethernet adapters belonging to the virtual machine.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/vm/{vm}/hardware/ethernet
Path Parameters
Path Parameters
string
vm
Required
Virtual machine identifier. The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: VirtualMachine.
Header Parameters
Header Parameters
string
vmware-api-session-id
Required
Required session ID, acquired from Create Session API under CIS product
vmware-api-session-id example
"b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389"
Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Response
Response
Response BodyResponse Body
200 OK returns
array of
VmHardwareEthernetSummary
of type application/json
List of commonly used information about virtual Ethernet adapters.
[
{
"nic": "string"
}
]
string
nic
Required
Identifier of the virtual Ethernet adapter. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Ethernet. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Ethernet.
Errors
403
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthorized : if the user doesn’t have the required privileges.
500
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error : if the system reports an error while responding to the request. | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.resource_inaccessible : if the virtual machine’s configuration state cannot be accessed.
503
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.service_unavailable : if the system is unable to communicate with a service to complete the request.
default
‘Default’ means this response is used for all HTTP codes that are not covered individually for this operation.
Code Samples
PowerCLI Client SDK Example
Invoke-ListVmHardwareEthernet -Vm "MyVm"
cURL Command
curl -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" https://{api_host}/api/vcenter/vm/{vm}/hardware/ethernet
Vendor Extensions
This operation contains the following vendor extensions defined in the spec:
x-vmw-doc-deprecated-method: get
x-vmw-doc-deprecated-path: /rest/vcenter/vm/{vm}/hardware/ethernet
x-vmw-doc-operation: list
Availability
Added in 7.0U2
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