Enum - HostVirtualNicManagerNicType(vim.host.VirtualNicManager.NicType)

Since
vSphere API 4.0


Enum Description

Enum Constants

NameDescription
faultToleranceLogging The VirtualNic is used for Fault Tolerance logging.
management The VirtualNic is used for management network traffic . This nicType is available only when the system does not support service console adapters.
See usesServiceConsoleNic
vmotion The VirtualNic is used for VMotion.
vsan The VirtualNic is used for Virtual SAN data traffic. To enable or disable a VirtualNic for VSAN networking, use UpdateVsan_Task.
See HostVsanSystem
See UpdateVsan_Task
See ReconfigureComputeResource_Task

Since vSphere API 5.5
vsanWitness The VirtualNic is used for Virtual SAN witness traffic. Witness traffic vmknic is required for Virtual SAN stretched cluster, to help on communication between Virtual SAN data node and witness node. To enable or disable a VirtualNic for Virtual SAN networking, use UpdateVsan_Task.
See HostVsanSystem
See UpdateVsan_Task

Since vSphere API 6.5
vSphereProvisioning The VirtualNic is used for vSphere provisioning NFC traffic (i.e. the NFC traffic between ESX hosts as a part of a VC initiated provisioning operations like cold-migrations, clones, storage vmotion with snapshots etc.

Since vSphere API 6.0
vSphereReplication The VirtualNic is used for vSphere Replication LWD traffic (i.e From the primary host to the VR server).

Since vSphere API 5.1
vSphereReplicationNFC The VirtualNic is used for vSphere Replication NFC traffic (i.e. From the VR server to the secondary host).

Since vSphere API 6.0

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