Data Object Description

PhysicalNicCdpInfo

Properties

Name	Type	Description
host	xsd:boolean	The CDP-awared device has the capability of a host, which Sends and receives packets for at least one network layer protocol.
igmpEnabled	xsd:boolean	The CDP-awared device is IGMP-enabled, which does not forward IGMP Report packets on nonrouter ports.
networkSwitch	xsd:boolean	The CDP-awared device has the capability of switching. The difference between this capability and transparentBridge is that a switch does not run the Spanning-Tree Protocol. This device is assumed to be deployed in a physical loop-free topology.
repeater	xsd:boolean	The CDP-awared device has the capability of a repeater
router	xsd:boolean	The CDP-awared device has the capability of a routing for at least one network layer protocol
sourceRouteBridge	xsd:boolean	The CDP-awared device has the capability of source-route bridging
transparentBridge	xsd:boolean	The CDP-awared device has the capability of transparent bridging
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

Name

Type

Description

host

xsd:boolean

The CDP-awared device has the capability of a host, which Sends and receives packets for at least one network layer protocol.

igmpEnabled

xsd:boolean

The CDP-awared device is IGMP-enabled, which does not forward IGMP Report packets on nonrouter ports.

networkSwitch

xsd:boolean

The CDP-awared device has the capability of switching. The difference between this capability and transparentBridge is that a switch does not run the Spanning-Tree Protocol. This device is assumed to be deployed in a physical loop-free topology.

repeater

xsd:boolean

The CDP-awared device has the capability of a repeater

router

xsd:boolean

The CDP-awared device has the capability of a routing for at least one network layer protocol

sourceRouteBridge

xsd:boolean

The CDP-awared device has the capability of source-route bridging

transparentBridge

xsd:boolean

The CDP-awared device has the capability of transparent bridging

Properties inherited from DynamicData

None

Show WSDL type definition

         <complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PhysicalNicCdpDeviceCapability">
            <complexContent>
               <extension base="vim25:DynamicData">
                  <sequence>
                     <element name="router" type="xsd:boolean"/>
                     <element name="transparentBridge" type="xsd:boolean"/>
                     <element name="sourceRouteBridge" type="xsd:boolean"/>
                     <element name="networkSwitch" type="xsd:boolean"/>
                     <element name="host" type="xsd:boolean"/>
                     <element name="igmpEnabled" type="xsd:boolean"/>
                     <element name="repeater" type="xsd:boolean"/>
                  </sequence>
               </extension>
            </complexContent>
         </complexType>

Data Object - PhysicalNicCdpDeviceCapability(vim.host.PhysicalNic.CdpDeviceCapability)

Data Object Description