Connect Hardware Ethernet
Connects a virtual Ethernet adapter of a powered-on virtual machine to its backing. Connecting the virtual device makes the backing accessible from the perspective of the guest operating system. For a powered-off virtual machine, the Ethernet.update operation may be used to configure the virtual Ethernet adapter to start in the connected state when the virtual machine is powered on.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/rest/vcenter/vm/{vm}/hardware/ethernet/{nic}/connect
Parameters
Parameters
string
vm
Required
Virtual machine identifier.
The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: VirtualMachine.
string
nic
Required
Virtual Ethernet adapter identifier.
The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Ethernet.
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
b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389cURL Command
curl -X POST -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" https://{api_host}/rest/vcenter/vm/{vm}/hardware/ethernet/{nic}/connect
Errors
400
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.already_in_desired_state : if the virtual Ethernet adapter is already connected. | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.not_allowed_in_current_state : if the virtual machine is not powered on.
403
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthorized : if the user doesn't have the required privileges.
404
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.not_found : if the virtual machine or virtual Ethernet adapter is not found.
500
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error : if the system reports an error while responding to the request. | com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.resource_busy : if the virtual machine is busy performing another operation. | 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.
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