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vcenter vm hardware boot: info

The info structure contains information about the virtual machine boot process.

Representations:

{
    "delay": 1,
    "efi_legacy_boot": true,
    "enter_setup_mode": true,
    "network_protocol": "IPV4",
    "retry": true,
    "retry_delay": 1,
    "type": "BIOS"
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:Info xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vcenter/vm/hardware/boot" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <network_protocol>IPV4</network_protocol>
  <retry_delay>1</retry_delay>
  <delay>1</delay>
  <retry>true</retry>
  <type>BIOS</type>
  <enter_setup_mode>true</enter_setup_mode>
  <efi_legacy_boot>true</efi_legacy_boot>
</ns0:Info>

Attributes:

Name Type Description
Required
type string Firmware type used by the virtual machine.

Defines the valid firmware types for a virtual machine. Value is one of:
BIOS: Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) firmware.
EFI: Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) firmware.
delay long Delay in milliseconds before beginning the firmware boot process when the virtual machine is powered on. This delay may be used to provide a time window for users to connect to the virtual machine console and enter BIOS setup mode.
retry boolean Flag indicating whether the virtual machine will automatically retry the boot process after a failure.
retry_delay long Delay in milliseconds before retrying the boot process after a failure; applicable only when vcenter.vm.hardware.boot.info.retry is true.
enter_setup_mode boolean Flag indicating whether the firmware boot process will automatically enter setup mode the next time the virtual machine boots. Note that this flag will automatically be reset to false once the virtual machine enters setup mode.
Optional
efi_legacy_boot boolean Flag indicating whether to use EFI legacy boot mode.

Optional. It is only relevant when type has value EFI. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of type is EFI.
network_protocol string Protocol to use when attempting to boot the virtual machine over the network.

Defines the valid network boot protocols supported when booting a virtual machine with EFI firmware over the network. Value is one of:
IPV4: PXE or Apple NetBoot over IPv4.
IPV6: PXE over IPv6.Optional. It is only relevant when type has value EFI. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of type is EFI.