Enum - HostVirtualNicManagerNicType

Since: vSphere API 4.0

Enum Description

Enum Constants

Name	Description
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 VSAN 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
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

Show WSDL type definition

         <simpleType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="HostVirtualNicManagerNicType">
            <restriction base="xsd:string">
               <enumeration value="vmotion"/>
               <enumeration value="faultToleranceLogging"/>
               <enumeration value="vSphereReplication"/>
               <enumeration value="vSphereReplicationNFC"/>
               <enumeration value="management"/>
               <enumeration value="vsan"/>
               <enumeration value="vSphereProvisioning"/>
            </restriction>
         </simpleType>