Enum - NetIpConfigInfoIpAddressOrigin(vim.net.IpConfigInfo.IpAddressOrigin)

Since: vSphere API 4.1

Enum Description

This specifies how an IP address was obtained for a given interface. See RFC 4293 IpAddressOriginTC.

Enum Constants

Name	Description
dhcp	The address is configured through dhcp.
linklayer	The address is obtained through stateless autoconfiguration (autoconf). See RFC 4862, IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration.
manual	The address is configured manually. The term 'static' is a synonym.
other	Any other type of address configuration other than the below mentioned ones will fall under this category. For e.g., automatic address configuration for the link local address falls under this type.
random	The address is chosen by the system at random e.g., an IPv4 address within 169.254/16, or an RFC 3041 privacy address.

Show WSDL type definition

         <simpleType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="NetIpConfigInfoIpAddressOrigin">
            <restriction base="xsd:string">
               <enumeration value="other"/>
               <enumeration value="manual"/>
               <enumeration value="dhcp"/>
               <enumeration value="linklayer"/>
               <enumeration value="random"/>
            </restriction>
         </simpleType>