vnic-list

List of virtual network adapters to be added on the host, by the host operating system network adapter.

The following table contains the definition for the child elements of vnic-list.

Child elements -vnic-list

Element	Definition	Required
<portgroup>	Specifies the name of port group to which virtual NIC connects	No
<dhcp>	Specifies the flag to indicate whether DHCP is enabled Valid values: true, false If this property is set to true, the ipAddress and the subnetMask strings cannot be set explicitly.	No
<ip-address>	Specifies the IP address currently used by the network adapter All IP addresses are specified using IPv4 dot notation. Example: "192.168.0.1". Subnet addresses and netmasks are specified using the same notation. Note When DHCP is enabled, this property reflects the current IP configuration and cannot be set. When DHCP is not enabled, this property can be set explicitly.	No
<subnet-mask>	Specifies the subnet mask When DHCP is not enabled, this property can be set explicitly. When DHCP is enabled, this property reflects the current IP configuration and cannot be set.	Conditional
<mac>	Specifies the media access control (MAC) address of the virtual network adapter	No

The following figure shows the sample for vnic-list.

XML Sample for vnic-list

<vnic-list>
     <vnic>
     <portgroup></portgroup>
     <spec>
     <ip>
     <dhcp></dhcp>
     <ip-address></ip-address>
     <subnet-mask></subnet-mask>
     </ip>
     <mac></mac>
     </spec>
     </vnic>
     ...
</vnic-list>

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