VMware Network Tasks

This chapter contains the following sections:

Add Host VMKernel Port to VMware dvSwitch

Summary
Description
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Select Host/Cluster Select the Host/Cluster to perform operation on.​ vmware​Hostor​Cluster Y
Select Cluster Select the Cluster, to create the new VM Kernel Port​Group on hosts in cluster.​ vmware​Cluster​Identity Y
Select Host Nodes Select the Host name to create the new VM Kernel Port​Group.​ vmware​Host​Node​Identity Y
DVPort​Group Name Select the dv​Port​Group to create the new VM Kernel Port​Group.​ VMware​DVPortgroup​Identity Y
Network Type Select the network type.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Select IP Address Type Select IP Address Type gen_​text_​input Y
Select IP Address Source Select IP Address Source gen_​text_​input Y
IP Subnet Select the IP Subnet Ip​Subnet​In​IPSubnet​Pool​Policy​Identity Y
MTU Size Enter MTU Size From 1280 to 9000 Range.​ gen_​text_​input
TCP/IP Stack TCP/IP Stack vmware​Host​Tcp​Ip​Stack​Identity
v​Motion traffic Enbale v​Motion traffic Boolean
Provisioning traffic Enable v​Sphere Provisioning traffic Boolean
Fault Tolerance logging Enable Fault Tolerance Logging Boolean
Management traffic Enable Management traffic Boolean
v​Sphere Replication traffic Enable v​Sphere​Replication traffic Boolean
v​Sphere Replication NFC traffic Enable v​Sphere Replication NFC traffic Boolean
Virtual SAN Traffic Enable Virtual SAN traffic Boolean
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​HOST_​NODE_​IDENTITY VMware Host Node Identity vmware​Host​Node​Identity
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​DV_​PORT_​GROUP_​IDENTITY Identity of the DVPort Group VMware​DVPortgroup​Identity
OUTPUT_​IP_​POOL_​POLICY_​ID IP Pool Policy Id VMWare​IPPool​Policy
OUTPUT_​DV_​PORT_​GROUP_​NAME VMware DVPort Group Name dv​Port​Group​Name
OUTPUT_​STATIC_​POOL_​IP IP Address from Static Pool.​ Static​Pool​IP
OUTPUT_​SUBNET_​ID Subnet ID Ip​Subnet​In​IPSubnet​Pool​Policy​Identity
OUTPUT_​STATIC_​POOL_​IPS_​ALLOCATED Comma Separated IP Addresses allocated from Static Pool.​ gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​MTU_​SIZE MTU Size.​ gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​CLUSTER_​IDENTITY Cluster Identity vmware​Cluster​Identity

Add Network to VMware VM

Summary
Connects a Virtual Machine to a network.
Description
This task adds a network to a VM. This task adds a port group to VM, through which the VM is connected in the network.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Select VM Select the VM for which new network need to be added vm Y
Select Port​Group Type Select Port​Group type for the new network to be added port​Group​Type Y
Specify Portgroup Name Name of the port group to be associated port​Group​Name
Select Adapter Type Select Adapter type for the new network to be added or use Auto option to let it do automatically adapter​Type Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​VM_​ID ID of the VM on which the selected operation was performed vm

Add PNIC to VMWare dvSwitch

Summary
Description
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Account Name Select the cloud name to associate the Pnic to DVSwitch.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Host Node The hode node IPAddress.​ gen_​text_​input Y
DVSwitch Name Select the DVSwitch to which physical NICs need to be associated.​ dv​Switch​Name Y
uplink​Port​Group Name Select the uplink Port​Group to which physical NICs need to be associated.​ uplink​Port​Group​Lov​List Y
Allow Used PNICs Allow Used PNICs gen_​text_​input Y
Physical Nics Free Physical Nics available.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Outputs
No Outputs

Add PNIC to VMWare vSwitch

Summary
Description
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
v​Switch Name Select the v​Switch to which pnic need to be added.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Physical Nics Free Physical Nics available.​ vmware​Free​Pnic​Multi​Select Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​ACCOUNT_​NAME VMware account name.​ gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​DATACENTER_​NAME VMware Datacenter Name datacenter​Name
HOST_​NAME Host Name vm​Host
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​VSWICTH_​IDENTITY Identity of the v​Switch vmware​VSwitch​Identity
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​HOST_​NODE_​IDENTITY VMware Host Node Identity vmware​Host​Node​Identity
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​HOST_​NODE_​PNIC_​IDENTITY VMware Host Node PNIC Identity gen_​text_​input

Add VMWare vNICs to VM

Summary
Adds new virtual network interface cards to the VM.
Description
This task adds new virtual network interface cards to the VM. If the Replace option is selected, then all the existing NICs on the VM will be removed and new NICs will be added. If the Add option is selected, then the new NICs will be added to the VM in addition to the existing NICs.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Select VM Select the VM.​ vm Y
Operation Select the VM NIC operation.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Power​On VM Select this option to power on the VM after the v​NIC configuration is completed.​ Y
Select Port​Group Type Specify type of Port Group : Virtual Portgroup or Distributed Virtual Portgroup port​Group​Type Y
Specify Portgroup Name Name of the port group to be associated.​ vmware​Vm​Port​Group​Identity Y
Adapter Type Select adapter type gen_​text_​input
DHCP DHCP or Static
Static IP Pool Provide IP address range or comma separated IP addresses or both gen_​text_​input
NIC1 IP Address Provide reserved IP address gen_​text_​input
Subnet Mask Enter Subnet Mask.​ subnet​Mask
Gateway Address Enter Gateway Address.​ gen_​text_​input
Connected Network adapter connection status.​ Boolean
Connect at Power ON Check to connect at VM power-on.​ Boolean
Add VMNIC 2 Select this option to add VM NIC 2
Select Port​Group Type Specify type of Port Group : Virtual Portgroup or Distributed Virtual Portgroup port​Group​Type Y
Specify Portgroup Name Name of the port group to be associated.​ vmware​Vm​Port​Group​Identity Y
Adapter Type Select adapter type gen_​text_​input
DHCP DHCP or Static
Static IP Pool Provide IP address range or comma separated IP addresses or both gen_​text_​input
NIC2 IP Address Provide reserved IP address gen_​text_​input
Subnet Mask Enter Subnet Mask.​ subnet​Mask
Gateway Address Enter Gateway Address.​ gen_​text_​input
Connected Network adapter connection status.​ Boolean
Connect at Power ON Check to connect at VM power-on.​ Boolean
Add VMNIC 3 Select this option to add VM NIC 3
Select Port​Group Type Specify type of Port Group : Virtual Portgroup or Distributed Virtual Portgroup port​Group​Type Y
Specify Portgroup Name Name of the port group to be associated.​ vmware​Vm​Port​Group​Identity Y
Adapter Type Select adapter type port​Group​Type
DHCP DHCP or Static
Static IP Pool Provide IP address range or comma separated IP addresses or both gen_​text_​input
NIC3 IP Address Provide reserved IP address gen_​text_​input
Subnet Mask Enter Subnet Mask.​ subnet​Mask
Gateway Address Enter Gateway Address.​ gen_​text_​input
Connected Network adapter connection status.​ Boolean
Connect at Power ON Check to connect at VM power-on.​ Boolean
Add VMNIC 4 Select this option to add VM NIC 4
Select Port​Group Type Specify type of Port Group : Virtual Portgroup or Distributed Virtual Portgroup port​Group​Type Y
Specify Portgroup Name Name of the port group to be associated.​ vmware​Vm​Port​Group​Identity Y
Adapter Type Select adapter type gen_​text_​input
DHCP DHCP or Static
Static IP Pool Provide IP address range or comma separated IP addresses or both gen_​text_​input
NIC4 IP Address Provide reserved IP address gen_​text_​input
Subnet Mask Enter Subnet Mask.​ subnet​Mask
Gateway Address Enter Gateway Address.​ gen_​text_​input
Connected Network adapter connection status.​ Boolean
Connect at Power ON Check to connect at VM power-on.​ Boolean
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​VM_​ID ID of the VM on which the selected operation was performed vm
OUTPUT_​VM_​NIC1_​ADAPTER_​NAME NIC1 Adapter Name gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VM_​NIC2_​ADAPTER_​NAME NIC2 Adapter Name gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VM_​NIC3_​ADAPTER_​NAME NIC3 Adapter Name gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VM_​NIC4_​ADAPTER_​NAME NIC4 Adapter Name gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VM_​NIC1_​ADAPTER_​MAC NIC1 Mac Address gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VM_​NIC2_​ADAPTER_​MAC NIC2 Mac Address gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VM_​NIC3_​ADAPTER_​MAC NIC3 Mac Address gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VM_​NIC4_​ADAPTER_​MAC NIC4 Mac Address gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VM_​NIC1_​ADAPTER_​IPADDRESS NIC1 IP Address gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VM_​NIC2_​ADAPTER_​IPADDRESS NIC2 IP Address gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VM_​NIC3_​ADAPTER_​IPADDRESS NIC3 IP Address gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VM_​NIC4_​ADAPTER_​IPADDRESS NIC4 IP Address gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VM_​NIC1_​ADAPTER_​NETMASK NIC1 Netmask gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VM_​NIC2_​ADAPTER_​NETMASK NIC2 Netmask gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VM_​NIC3_​ADAPTER_​NETMASK NIC3 Netmask gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VM_​NIC4_​ADAPTER_​NETMASK NIC4 Netmask gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VM_​NIC1_​ADAPTER_​GATEWAY NIC1 Gateway gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VM_​NIC2_​ADAPTER_​GATEWAY NIC2 Gateway gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VM_​NIC3_​ADAPTER_​GATEWAY NIC3 Gateway gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VM_​NIC4_​ADAPTER_​GATEWAY NIC4 Gateway gen_​text_​input

Add VMware Port Group To Network Policy

Summary
Adds a new port group to an existing NIC configuration of the selected network policy.
Description
The adds a VMware port group into the NIC alias for the selected network policy.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Policy Name Policy Name private​Cloud​Network​Policy​Provider Y
NIC Alias NIC Alias vmware​Network​Policy​NICAlias Y
Port Group Name Port Group Name vmware​Vm​Port​Group​Identity Y
IPv4 Configuration
Select IP Address Type Select IP Address Type gen_​text_​input Y
Select IP Address Source Select IP Address Source IPPool​Source​Type
IPv6 Configuration
IPv6 Configure IPv6 gen_​text_​input
Outputs
Output Description Type
VMWARE_​NETWORK_​POLICY Network Policy private​Cloud​Network​Policy​Provider
OUTPUT_​NIC_​ALIAS NIC Alias vmware​Network​Policy​NICAlias
OUTPUT_​PORT_​GROUP_​NAME Port Group Name vmware​Vm​Port​Group​Identity
OUTPUT_​IP_​ADDRESS_​TYPE IP Address Type gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​IPV6 IPv6 gen_​text_​input

Add VMware Service Console PortGroup

Summary
Adds a new service console port group.
Description
This task adds a new service console port group.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Account Name Select the cloud name to create the new Service Console Port​Group.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Host Node Select the Host name to create the new Service Console Port​Group.​ gen_​text_​input Y
DVSwitch Name Select the DVSwitch to create the new Service Console Port​Group.​ dv​Switch​Name Y
dv​Port​Group Name Select the dv​Port​Group to create the new Service Console Port​Group.​ dv​Port​Group​Name Y
Network Type Select the network type.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Static IP Pool Static IP Pool.​ Example: 192.​168.​0.​1 - 192.​168.​0.​50,192.​168.​0.​100,192.​168.​1.​20-192.​168.​1.​70 gen_​text_​input
Subnet Mask Enter Subnet Mask.​ gen_​text_​input
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​DV_​PORT_​GROUP_​NAME VMware DVPort Group Name dv​Port​Group​Name

Add VMware VMKernel Port on dvSwitch

Summary
Description
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Host Node Select the Host name to create the new VM Kernel Port​Group.​ vmware​Host​Node​Identity Y
DVPort​Group Name Select the dv​Port​Group to create the new VM Kernel Port​Group.​ VMware​DVPortgroup​Identity Y
Network Type Select the network type.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Select IP Address Type Select IP Address Type gen_​text_​input Y
MTU Size Enter MTU Size From 1280 to 9000 Range.​ gen_​text_​input
Enable v​Motion Enbale v​Motion
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​HOST_​NODE_​IDENTITY VMware Host Node Identity vmware​Host​Node​Identity
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​DV_​PORT_​GROUP_​IDENTITY Identity of the DVPort Group VMware​DVPortgroup​Identity
OUTPUT_​IP_​POOL_​POLICY_​ID IP Pool Policy Id VMWare​IPPool​Policy
OUTPUT_​DV_​PORT_​GROUP_​NAME VMware DVPort Group Name dv​Port​Group​Name
OUTPUT_​STATIC_​POOL_​IP IP Address from Static Pool.​ Static​Pool​IP
OUTPUT_​STATIC_​POOL_​IPS_​ALLOCATED Comma Separated IP Addresses allocated from Static Pool.​ gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​MTU_​SIZE MTU Size.​ gen_​text_​input

Add VMware Virtual Adapter

Summary
Adds a virtual adapter for the host on a DvSwitch.
Description
This task adds a virtual adapter for the host on a DvSwitch.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Account Name Select the cloud name to create the new VM Kernel Port​Group.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Host Node Select the Host name to create the new VM Kernel Port​Group.​ gen_​text_​input Y
DVSwitch Name Select the DVSwitch to create the new VM Kernel Port​Group.​ dv​Switch​Name Y
dv​Port​Group Name Select the dv​Port​Group to create the new VM Kernel Port​Group.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Network Type Select the network type.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Static IP Pool Static IP Pool.​ Example: 192.​168.​0.​1 - 192.​168.​0.​50,192.​168.​0.​100,192.​168.​1.​20-192.​168.​1.​70 Static​Pool​IP
Subnet Mask Enter Subnet Mask.​ gen_​text_​input
MTU Size Enter MTU Size From 1280 to 9000 Range.​ gen_​text_​input
TCP/IP Stack TCP/IP Stack vmware​Host​Tcp​Ip​Stack​Identity
v​Motion traffic Enbale v​Motion traffic Boolean
Provisioning traffic Enable v​Sphere Provisioning traffic Boolean
Fault Tolerance logging Enable Fault Tolerance Logging Boolean
Management traffic Enable Management traffic Boolean
v​Sphere Replication traffic Enable v​Sphere​Replication traffic Boolean
v​Sphere Replication NFC traffic Enable v​Sphere Replication NFC traffic Boolean
Virtual SAN Traffic Enable Virtual SAN traffic Boolean
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​DV_​PORT_​GROUP_​NAME VMware DVPort Group Name dv​Port​Group​Name
OUTPUT_​STATIC_​POOL_​IP IP Address from Static Pool.​ Static​Pool​IP
OUTPUT_​STATIC_​POOL_​IPS_​ALLOCATED Comma Separated IP Addresses allocated from Static Pool.​ gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​MTU_​SIZE MTU Size.​ gen_​text_​input

Assign VMware Port Group to Group

Summary
Assigns a port group to the selected UCS Director group.
Description
This task assigns a port group to a UCS Director group.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Port​Group Name Select the Port​Group to be assign to group.​ port​Group​Identity Y
Assign To Users Select this option to allow resource assignment to users.​
User Group ID Select a UCSD group to assign to.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​GROUP_​ID Group ID user​Group
OUTPUT_​PORT_​GROUP_​IDENTITY Identity of the Port Group port​Group​Identity

Assign VMware dvPortGroup to Group

Summary
Assigns a DV port group to a selected UCS Director group.
Description
This task assigns a distributed virtual port group to a UCS Director group.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
dv​Port​Group Name Select the dv​Port​Group to be assigned.​ VMware​DVPortgroup​Identity Y
Assign To Users Select this option to allow resource assignment to users.​
User Group ID Select a UCSD group to assign to.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​GROUP_​ID Group ID user​Group
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​DV_​PORT_​GROUP_​IDENTITY Identity of the DVPort Group VMware​DVPortgroup​Identity

Create DVPortGroup

Summary
Creates a distributed virtual port group in a DvSwitch.
Description
This task creates a new distributed virtual port group within a DvSwitch.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
DVSwitch Name Select the DVSwitch.​ VMware​DVSwitch​Identity Y
dv​Port​Group Name Enter dv​Port​Group name to be created.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Number of Ports Enter number of ports to be created.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Port binding Select the binding type for the ports.​ VMware​DVPort​Group​Port​Binding Y
VLAN ID Enter the VLAN ID to be associated with the dv​Port​Group.​ vlan​ID Y
Promiscuous Mode(Accept) Promiscuous Mode(Accept) for the dv​Port​Group.​ promiscuous​Mode​Accept
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​DV_​PORT_​GROUP_​NAME VMware DVPort Group Name dv​Port​Group​Name
OUTPUT_​DVSWITCH_​NAME dv​Switch Name dv​Switch​Name
OUTPUT_​DVPORTGROUP_​PORTGROUPBINDING VMware DVPort Group Port Binding VMware​DVPort​Group​Port​Binding
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​VM_​PORT_​GROUP_​IDENTITY Identity of the VMware Generic port Group vmware​Vm​Port​Group​Identity
OUTPUT_​VLAN_​ID VLAN ID vlan​ID
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​DVSWITCH_​IDENTITY Identity of the DVSwitch VMware​DVSwitch​Identity
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​DV_​PORT_​GROUP_​IDENTITY Identity of the DVPort Group VMware​DVPortgroup​Identity

Create DVSwitch

Summary
Description
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Account Name Select the cloud name to create the new DVSwitch.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Datacenter Name Select the Datacenter Name to create the new DVSwitch.​ gen_​text_​input Y
DVSwitch Name DVSwitch name to be created.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Number of dv​Uplink Ports Maximum number of physical adapters per host.​ Y
up​Link​Port Name Prefix Prefix string of up​Link​Port(s) to be created.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Maximum MTU Maximum MTU gen_​text_​input
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​DVSWITCH_​NAME dv​Switch Name dv​Switch​Name
OUTPUT_​DATACENTER_​NAME VMware Datacenter Name datacenter​Name
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​DVSWITCH_​IDENTITY Identity of the DVSwitch VMware​DVSwitch​Identity
OUTPUT_​VDS_​UPLINK_​PORTGROUP_​NAME VMware DVSwitch Uplink Port Group uplink​Port​Group​Lov​List

Create VMKernel Port Group

Summary
Creates a VMkernel port group.
Description
This task creates a VMkernel port group on the selected vSwitch.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Account Name Select the cloud name.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Select Datacenter or Cluster Select Datacenter or Cluster gen_​text_​input Y
Datacenter Name Select the Datacenter name.​ datacenter​Name
Cluster Name Select the Cluster name.​ gen_​text_​input
v​Switch Name Select the v​Switch on which Network connection needs to be added.​ vmware​VSwitch​Identity Y
Connection Types Select the connection type to be added to the v​Switch.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Network Label Name of the connection type that need to be created.​ gen_​text_​input Y
VLAN ID The v​Lan Id for the network connection.​ vlan​ID
Network Type Select the network type.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Enable DHCP Enbale DHCP
Static IP Pool Provide IP address range or comma separated IP addresses or both Static​Pool​IP
Subnet Mask Enter Subnet Mask.​ subnet​Mask
Gateway IP Address IP Address of the default gateway for this network gen_​text_​input
TCP/IP Stack TCP/IP Stack vmware​Host​Tcp​Ip​Stack​Identity
Enable v​Motion Enbale v​Motion Boolean
Enable Fault Tolerance Enable Fault Tolerance Boolean
Enable Management Enable Management Boolean
Provisioning traffic Enable v​Sphere Provisioning traffic Boolean
v​Sphere Replication traffic Enable v​Sphere​Replication traffic Boolean
v​Sphere Replication NFC traffic Enable v​Sphere Replication NFC traffic Boolean
Virtual SAN Traffic Enable Virtual SAN traffic Boolean
Promiscuous Mode(Accept) Promiscuous Mode(Accept) for the Port​Group.​ promiscuous​Mode​Accept
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​PORT_​GROUP_​NAME Name of the Port Group on which the selected operation was performed gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​PORT_​GROUP_​VLAN VLAN of the Port Group on which the selected operation was performed vlan​ID
OUTPUT_​PORT_​GROUP_​IDENTITY Identity of the Port Group port​Group​Identity
OUTPUT_​STATIC_​POOL_​IP IP Address from Static Pool.​ Static​Pool​IP
OUTPUT_​STATIC_​POOL_​IPS_​ALLOCATED Comma Separated IP Addresses allocated from Static Pool.​ gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VMKERNAL_​PORT_​IDENTITY Identity of the VMkernal Port vmwarevmkernal​Port​Identity

Create VMware Port Group

Summary
Adds the Virtual Machine, VMKernel or Service Console VMware Network Connection types.
Description
The tasks adds the Virtual Machine, VMKernel or Service Console VMware Connection types to a vSwitch present in a host.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
v​Switch Name Select the v​Switch on which Network connection needs to be added.​ vmware​VSwitch​Identity Y
Connection Types Select the connection type to be added to the v​Switch.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Network Label Name of the connection type that need to be created.​ gen_​text_​input Y
VLAN ID The v​Lan Id for the network connection.​ vlan​ID
Network Type Select the network type.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Enable DHCP Enbale DHCP Boolean
Static IP Pool Provide IP address range or comma separated IP addresses or both Static​Pool​IP
Subnet Mask Enter Subnet Mask.​ subnet​Mask
Enable v​Motion Enbale v​Motion
Promiscuous Mode(Accept) Promiscuous Mode(Accept) for the Port​Group.​ promiscuous​Mode​Accept
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​PORT_​GROUP_​NAME Name of the Port Group on which the selected operation was performed gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​PORT_​GROUP_​VLAN VLAN of the Port Group on which the selected operation was performed vlan​ID
OUTPUT_​PORT_​GROUP_​IDENTITY Identity of the Port Group port​Group​Identity
OUTPUT_​STATIC_​POOL_​IP IP Address from Static Pool.​ Static​Pool​IP
OUTPUT_​STATIC_​POOL_​IPS_​ALLOCATED Comma Separated IP Addresses allocated from Static Pool.​ gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VMKERNAL_​PORT_​IDENTITY Identity of the VMkernal Port vmwarevmkernal​Port​Identity
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​VM_​PORT_​GROUP_​IDENTITY Identity of the VMware Generic port Group vmware​Vm​Port​Group​Identity

Create Virtual Nic

Summary
Description
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Account Name Select the cloud name to Create the v​Nic.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Host Node Select the hode node IPAddress to create the v​Nic.​ gen_​text_​input Y
v​Switch Name Select the v​Switch.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Port​Group Name Select the Port​Group to which the v​Nic will be connected.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Network Type Select the network type.​ gen_​text_​input Y
IP Address IP Address.​ ipaddress
Subnet Mask Enter Subnet Mask.​ subnet​Mask
Outputs
No Outputs

Create vSwitch

Summary
Creates a virtual switch on the selected host.
Description
This task creates a vSwitch on the selected host for the selected cloud.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Account Name Select the cloud name to create the new v​Switch.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Host Node The hode node IPAddress to create the v​Switch.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Number of Switch Ports Number of switch ports to be created on the v​Switch.​ gen_​text_​input Y
v​Switch Name Name of the v​Switch to be created on the selected VMware host.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​VSWICTH_​IDENTITY Identity of the v​Switch vmware​VSwitch​Identity

Delete DVPortGroup

Summary
Deletes a distributed virtual port group in a DvSwitch.
Description
This task deletes the selected distributed virtual port group in the DvSwitch.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
dv​Port​Group Name Select the dv​Port​Group to be deleted.​ VMware​DVPortgroup​Identity Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​DV_​PORT_​GROUP_​IDENTITY Identity of the DVPort Group VMware​DVPortgroup​Identity

Delete DVSwitch

Summary
Description
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
DVSwitch Name Select the DVSwitch to be deleted.​ VMware​DVSwitch​Identity Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​DVSWITCH_​IDENTITY Identity of the DVSwitch VMware​DVSwitch​Identity

Delete Port Group From Network Policy

Summary
Deletes the selected port group from an existing NIC configuration of the selected network policy.
Description
The task deletes the selected VMware port group from the NIC alias for the selected network policy.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Policy Name Policy Name private​Cloud​Network​Policy​Provider Y
NIC Alias NIC Alias vmware​Network​Policy​NICAlias Y
Port Group Name Port Group Name vmware​Vm​Port​Group​Identity Y
Outputs
No Outputs

Delete VMware VM vNICs

Summary
Deletes virtual network interface cards from the VM.
Description
This task deletes one or more virtual network interface cards from the VM.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Select VM Select the VM.​ vm Y
v​NICs Select the v​NICs to be deleted.​ VMware​Vmv​NICList Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​VM_​ID ID of the VM on which the selected operation was performed vm

Delete VMware Virtual Nic

Summary
Deletes a virtual NIC from the port group.
Description
This task deletes the selected virtual NIC from the selected port group.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Account Name Select the cloud name to Create the v​Nic.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Host Node Select the hode node IPAddress to create the v​Nic.​ gen_​text_​input Y
v​Switch Name Select the v​Switch.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Port​Group Name Select the Port​Group to which the v​Nic will be connected.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Outputs
No Outputs

Delete VMware vSwitch

Summary
Deletes a vSwitch.
Description
This task deletes a vSwitch. Once a vSwitch is deleted all the port groups associated with the vSwitch are associated with the default vSwitch.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
v​Switch Name Select the v​Switch that need to be deleted.​ vmware​VSwitch​Identity Y
Outputs
No Outputs

Enable Discovery Protocol on VMware dvSwitch

Summary
Description
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
DVSwitch Name Select the DVSwitch.​ VMware​DVSwitch​Identity Y
Status Status of Discovery Type vmware​CDPStatus​Selector Y
Type Discovery Protocol Type vmware​CDPType​Selector Y
Operation Discovery Protocol Operation vmware​CDPOperation​Type​Selector Y
Maximum MTU Maximum MTU gen_​text_​input
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​DVSWITCH_​NAME dv​Switch Name dv​Switch​Name
OUTPUT_​DATACENTER_​NAME VMware Datacenter Name datacenter​Name
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​ACCOUNT_​NAME VMware account name.​ gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​DVSWITCH_​IDENTITY Identity of the DVSwitch VMware​DVSwitch​Identity

Generate VMware Generic PortGroup Identity

Summary
Description
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Account Name Select the cloud name.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Port Group Type Enter the port group type like Virtual Machine Portgroup,Distributed Virtual Portgroup gen_​text_​input Y
v​Switch/DVSwitch Enter the v​Switch/DVSwitch name.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Port Group/DV Port Group Enter the port group/dv port group name.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​VM_​PORT_​GROUP_​IDENTITY Identity of the VMware Generic port Group vmware​Vm​Port​Group​Identity

Migrate Default VMWare vSwitch to DVSwitch

Summary
Description
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Account Name Select the cloud name to associate the Pnic to DVSwitch.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Host Node The hode node IPAddress.​ vmware​Host​Multi​Select Y
DVSwitch Name Select the DVSwitch to which physical NICs and VMKNICs need to be migrated.​ dv​Switch​Name Y
uplink​Port​Group Name Select the uplink Port​Group to which the PNICs need to be migrated.​ uplink​Port​Group​Lov​List Y
Outputs
No Outputs

Migrate Default VMware vSwitch to DVSwitch By Mapping Policy

Summary
Description
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Account Name Select the cloud name to associate the Pnic to DVSwitch.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Host Node The hode node IPAddress.​ vmware​Host​Multi​Select Y
DVSwitch Name Select the DVSwitch to which physical NICs and VMKNICs need to be migrated.​ dv​Switch​Name Y
uplink​Port​Group Name Select the uplink Port​Group to which the PNICs need to be migrated.​ uplink​Port​Group​Lov​List Y
Select Mapping Policy Name Select the name of the mapping policy.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Outputs
No Outputs

Migrate VMware vSwitch PNIC to dvSwitch

Summary
Description
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Account Name Select the cloud name to migrate the PNICs to DVSwitch.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Host Node The hode node IPAddress.​ gen_​text_​input Y
v​Switch Name The name of the v​Switch from which the PNICs need to be migrated.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Physical Nics Physical Nics associated with the v​Switch that need to be migrated to DVSwitch.​ vmware​Pnic​Multi​Select Y
DVSwitch Name Select the DVSwitch to which the PNICs need to be migrated.​ dv​Switch​Name Y
uplink​Port​Group Name Select the uplink Port​Group to which the PNICs need to be migrated.​ uplink​Port​Group​Lov​List Y
Outputs
No Outputs

Migrate VMware vSwitch VMkernal Port to dvSwitch

Summary
Description
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
VMkernal Port Select the v​Switch VMkernal Port to migrate.​ vmwarevmkernal​Port​Identity Y
DVPort Group Select the DVPort Group to migrate VMKNIC.​ VMware​DVPortgroup​Identity Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​DV_​PORT_​GROUP_​IDENTITY Identity of the DVPort Group VMware​DVPortgroup​Identity
OUTPUT_​VMKERNAL_​PORT_​IDENTITY Identity of the VMkernal Port vmwarevmkernal​Port​Identity

Modify VMWare DVSwitch For NIOC

Summary
Description
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
DVSwitch Name Select the DVSwitch to be Modify.​ VMware​DVSwitch​Identity Y
Enable Network I/O Control on DVSwitch Enable Network I/O Control on a v​Sphere Distributed Switch
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​DVSWITCH_​NAME dv​Switch Name dv​Switch​Name
OUTPUT_​DATACENTER_​NAME VMware Datacenter Name datacenter​Name
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​DVSWITCH_​IDENTITY Identity of the DVSwitch VMware​DVSwitch​Identity

Modify VMWare DVSwitch For System Network Resource Pool Traffic Setting

Summary
Description
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
DVSwitch Name Select the DVSwitch to be Modify.​ VMware​DVSwitch​Identity Y
System Network Resource Pool Select the System Network Resource Pool to be Modify.​ Y
Share Value Select Physical adapters share value.​ Y
Custom Value Modify share value.​ Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​DVSWITCH_​NAME dv​Switch Name dv​Switch​Name
OUTPUT_​DATACENTER_​NAME VMware Datacenter Name datacenter​Name
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​DVSWITCH_​IDENTITY Identity of the DVSwitch VMware​DVSwitch​Identity

Modify VMWare dv PortGroup

Summary
Description
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
dv​Port​Group Name Select the dv​Port​Group to be deleted.​ VMware​DVPortgroup​Identity Y
Net​Work Label Enter Network Label gen_​text_​input
Number of Ports Enter number of ports to be created.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Port binding Select the binding type for the ports.​ VMware​DVPort​Group​Port​Binding Y
VLAN ID Enter the VLAN ID to be associated with the dv​Port​Group.​ vlan​ID Y
Promiscuous Mode(Accept) Promiscuous Mode(Accept) for the dv​Port​Group.​ promiscuous​Mode​Accept
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​DV_​PORT_​GROUP_​NAME VMware DVPort Group Name dv​Port​Group​Name
OUTPUT_​DVSWITCH_​NAME dv​Switch Name dv​Switch​Name
OUTPUT_​VLAN_​ID VLAN ID vlan​ID
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​DVSWITCH_​IDENTITY Identity of the DVSwitch VMware​DVSwitch​Identity
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​DV_​PORT_​GROUP_​IDENTITY Identity of the DVPort Group VMware​DVPortgroup​Identity

Modify VMWare dvSwitch Teaming and Failover Settings

Summary
Description
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
dv​Switch Name Select the DVSwitch to be modified.​ VMware​DVSwitch​Identity Y
dv​Port​Group Name(s) Select the dv​Port​Groups to be modified.​ VMware​DVPortgroup​Identity Y
Load Balancing Select Load Balancing.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Network Failover Detection Select Network Failover Detection.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Notify Switches Select Notify Switches.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Failback Select Fail​Back.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Failover Order: Select active and standby uplinks.​ During failover, standby uplinks activate in the order specified below:
Active Uplinks Comma separated list of active uplink names.​ Y
Standby Uplinks Comma separated list of standby uplink names.​ Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​DV_​PORT_​GROUP_​NAME VMware DVPort Group Name dv​Port​Group​Name
OUTPUT_​DVSWITCH_​NAME dv​Switch Name dv​Switch​Name
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​DVSWITCH_​IDENTITY Identity of the DVSwitch VMware​DVSwitch​Identity
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​DV_​PORT_​GROUP_​IDENTITY Identity of the DVPort Group VMware​DVPortgroup​Identity

Modify VMkernel Port Properties

Summary
Enables or disables vMotion on the VMkernel port.
Description
This task enables or disables vMotion, management, and fault tolerance logging on the VMkernel port.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
VMkernal Port Select the v​Switch VMkernal Port.​ vmwarevmk​Nic​Identity Y
Enable v​Motion Enbale v​Motion Boolean
Enable Fault Tolerance Enable Fault Tolerance Boolean
Enable Management Enable Management Boolean
Enable v​Sphere Provisioning Enable v​Sphere Provisioning Boolean
Enable vsan Enable vsan Boolean
Enable v​Sphere​Replication​NFC Enable v​Sphere​Replication​NFC Boolean
Enable v​Sphere​Replication Enable v​Sphere​Replication Boolean
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​VMKERNAL_​PORT_​IDENTITY Identity of the VMkernal Port vmwarevmkernal​Port​Identity

Modify VMware PortGroup

Summary
Modifies a port group.
Description
This task modifies a port group of a vSwitch.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Port​Group Name Select the Port​Group to be Modify.​ port​Group​Identity Y
v​Lan Id The v​Lan Id for the portgroup.​ gen_​text_​input
Promiscuous Mode(Accept) Promiscuous Mode(Accept) for the Port​Group.​ promiscuous​Mode​Accept
Net​Work Label Enter Network Label gen_​text_​input
MTU MTU gen_​text_​input
Enable DHCP Enbale DHCP Boolean
Network Type Select the network type.​ gen_​text_​input
Static IP Pool Provide IP address range or comma separated IP addresses or both Static​Pool​IP
Subnet Mask Enter Subnet Mask.​ subnet​Mask
Gateway IP Address IP Address of the default gateway for this network gen_​text_​input
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​PORT_​GROUP_​NAME Name of the Port Group on which the selected operation was performed gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​PORT_​GROUP_​VLAN VLAN of the Port Group on which the selected operation was performed vlan​ID
OUTPUT_​PORT_​GROUP_​IDENTITY Identity of the Port Group port​Group​Identity
OUTPUT_​VMKERNAL_​PORT_​IDENTITY Identity of the VMkernal Port vmwarevmkernal​Port​Identity

Modify VMware VM Network

Summary
Changes the VM network adapter port group.
Description
This task changes the VM network adapter port group. The destination port group can be either a virtual port group or a distributed virtual port group.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Select VM Select the VM vm Y
Select Network Adapter Select the network adapter for which to modify the network gen_​text_​input Y
Select Port​Group Type Specify the type of port group: Virtual Portgroup or Distributed Virtual Portgroup port​Group​Type Y
Specify Portgroup Name Name of the port group to associate gen_​text_​input Y
Connected Network adapter connection status Boolean
Connect at Power ON Check to connect at VM power-on Boolean
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​VM_​ID ID of the VM on which the selected operation was performed vm
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​VM_​NET_​ADAPTER_​NAME VM Network adapter name.​ gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​PORT_​GROUP_​TYPE Type of Port Group: Virtual Portgroup or Distributed Virtual Portgroup port​Group​Type
OUTPUT_​PORT_​GROUP_​NAME Name of the Port Group on which the selected operation was performed gen_​text_​input

Modify VMware vSwitch

Summary
Modifies the MTU size on a vSwitch.
Description
This task modifies the MTU size for a vSwitch on the selected Host.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
v​Switch Select the v​Switch to which MTU size need to be added.​ gen_​text_​input Y
MTU MTU gen_​text_​input
Outputs
No Outputs

Remove DV Port Group from Group

Summary
Unassigns a DV port group from an assigned UCS Director group.
Description
This task unassigns a distributed virtual port group from an assigned UCS Director group.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
dv​Port​Group Name Select the dv​Port​Group to be deleted.​ VMware​DVPortgroup​Identity Y
Outputs
No Outputs

Remove VMware Networking

Summary
Removes the Virtual Machine, VMKernel or Service Console VMware Network Connection types.
Description
IThe tasks removes the Virtual Machine, VMKernel or Service Console VMware Connection types from a vSwitch present in a host.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Port​Group Name Select the Network Connection to be deleted.​ port​Group​Identity Y
Outputs
No Outputs

Remove VMware Virtual Adapters

Summary
Removes virtual adapters for the host on a DvSwitch.
Description
This task removes a virtual adapter for the host that is present on a DvSwitch.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Account Name Select the cloud name to remove the Virtual Adapter.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Host Node Select the hode node IPAddress to remove the Virtual Adapter.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Virtual Adapter Select the Virtual Adapters to be removed from the host.​ gen_​text_​input Y
Outputs
No Outputs

UnAssign Port Group from User Group

Summary
Unassigns a port group from an assigned UCS Director group.
Description
This task unassigns a port group from an assigned UCS Director group.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Port​Group Name Select the Port​Group to be unassign from group.​ port​Group​Identity Y
Outputs
No Outputs

UnAssociate PNICs from VMWare vSwitch

Summary
Unassociates a host physical NICs from a vSwitch.
Description
The task unassociates a host physical NICs from a vSwitch.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
v​Switch Name Select the v​Switch to which pnic need to be Un​Associated.​ vmware​VSwitch​Identity Y
Physical Nics Select the Used Physical Nics that needs to be Un​Associated.​ vmware​Used​Pnic​Multi​Select Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​ACCOUNT_​NAME VMware account name.​ gen_​text_​input
OUTPUT_​DATACENTER_​NAME VMware Datacenter Name datacenter​Name
HOST_​NAME Host Name vm​Host
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​VSWICTH_​IDENTITY Identity of the v​Switch vmware​VSwitch​Identity
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​HOST_​NODE_​IDENTITY VMware Host Node Identity vmware​Host​Node​Identity
OUTPUT_​VMWARE_​HOST_​NODE_​PNIC_​IDENTITY VMware Host Node PNIC Identity gen_​text_​input

Update Network Policy

Summary
Create a vmWare network policy.
Description
This task creates a network policy in a vmWare network.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Virtual Switch Name Virtual Switch Name gen_​text_​input Y
Port Group Name Port Group Name gen_​text_​input Y
Port​Group Type Specify type of Port Group : Virtual Portgroup or Distributed Virtual Portgroup port​Group​Type Y
Select v​DC Select v​DC profile to create the v​DC v​DC Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
OUTPUT_​PORT_​GROUP_​TYPE Type of Port Group: Virtual Portgroup or Distributed Virtual Portgroup port​Group​Type