NetworkConnection

Element:

NetworkConnection

Type:

NetworkConnectionType

Namespace:

http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5

Description:

Represents a network connection.

Since:

0.9

Schema:

vApp.xsd

Media type(s):

None

Extends:

VCloudExtensibleType

XML Representation:

<NetworkConnection xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5" network="xs:string" needsCustomization="xs:boolean">
    <NetworkConnectionIndex> xs:int </NetworkConnectionIndex>
    <IpAddress> IpAddressType </IpAddress>
    <ExternalIpAddress> IpAddressType </ExternalIpAddress>
    <IsConnected> xs:boolean </IsConnected>
    <MACAddress> xs:string </MACAddress>
    <IpAddressAllocationMode> xs:string </IpAddressAllocationMode>
</NetworkConnection>

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Required	Modifiable	Since	Description
network	string	Yes	always	0.9	Name of the network to which this NIC is connected.
needsCustomization	boolean	No	none	0.9	Flag to signify if the NIC needs customization.

Elements

Element	Type	Occurrence	Modifiable	Since	Description
VCloudExtension	VCloudExtensionType	0..*	always	0.9	An optional extension element that can contain an arbitrary number of elements and attributes.
NetworkConnectionIndex	int	1	always	0.9	Index of the NIC starting form 0 in a VM.
IpAddress	IpAddressType	0..1	always	0.9	IP address associated to this NIC.
ExternalIpAddress	IpAddressType	0..1	none	0.9	If the network that the NIC is connected to has NAT or port mapping, the external address is populated in this element
IsConnected	boolean	1	always	0.9	If the VM is undeployed, this field specifies whether the connection should start in in connected state. Otherwise, it specifies the current state of the connection. Furthermore, on using this structure to update the VM's network connections state, this parameter can be used to either connect or disconnect a connection.
MACAddress	string	0..1	always	0.9	MAC address associated with the NIC.
IpAddressAllocationMode	string	1	always	0.9	IP address allocation mode for this connection. One of: POOL (A static IP address is allocated automatically from a pool of addresses.), DHCP (The IP address is obtained from a DHCP service.), MANUAL (The IP address is assigned manually in the IpAddress element.), NONE (No IP addressing mode specified.)