VMware VCLOUD API 1.0 - TECHNICAL NOTE, Programming Manual

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NetworkConnection
The NetworkConnection element describes a single network connection.
IpAddressAllocationMode
The IpAddressAllocationMode element specifies how an IP address is allocated to this connection. Table 9 ‐ 7
shows permitted values for element content and the results they produce.
href 0 1 xs:anyURI URL to access this section
ovf:Info 1 1 ovf:Msg_Type Required by the base
ovf:Section_Typ e. It can contain
xs:string information about the
containing element, or can be empty
PrimaryNetworkConnectionIndex 0 1 xs:int The value of the
rasd:AddressOnParent element of
the device (NIC) supporting the
primary network connection to the
containing virtual machine.
NetworkConnection 0 n NetworkConnectionType Describes a single network connection
Link 0 n LinkType Configuration links
Schema
Name Min Max Type Description
any attribute name 0 n any Includes type , href , XML namespace
identifiers
network 1 1 xs:string The name of the network to which this
connection connects.
NetworkConnectionIndex 1 1 xs:int The value in the
rasd:AddressOnParent element of the
device supporting this connection.
IpAddress 0 1 IpAddressType IP address of this connection
ExternalIpAddress 0 1 IpAddressType If the network that the NIC is connected
to has NAT or port mapping, the
external address is populated in this
element.
IsConnected 1 1 xs:boolean If the vApp is deployed, specifies the
current state of its connection. If the
vApp is undeployed, specifies whether
this connection should be connected at
deployment time.
MACAddress 0 1 xs:string MAC address of this connection
IpAddressAllocationMode 1 1 IpAddressAllocationModeType Specifies how an IP address is allocated
to this connection
Table 9-7. IpAddressAllocationMode Element Values
Value Result
NONE No IP addressing mode specified
MANUAL Static IP address assigned manually
POOL Static IP address allocated from a pool
DHCP IP address assigned by DHCP
Schema (Continued)
Name Min Max Type Description