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Schema (Continued)
Name
href
ovf:Info
PrimaryNetworkConnectionIndex
NetworkConnection
Link
NetworkConnection
The NetworkConnection element describes a single network connection.
Schema
Name
any attribute name
network
NetworkConnectionIndex
IpAddress
ExternalIpAddress
IsConnected
MACAddress
IpAddressAllocationMode
IpAddressAllocationMode
The IpAddressAllocationMode element specifies how an IP address is allocated to this connection. Table
shows permitted values for element content and the results they produce.
Table 9-7. IpAddressAllocationMode Element Values
Value
NONE
MANUAL
POOL
DHCP
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Min Max Type
0 1 xs:anyURI
1 1 ovf:Msg_Type
0 1 xs:int
0 n NetworkConnectionType
0 n LinkType
Min Max Type
0 n any
1 1 xs:string
1 1 xs:int
0 1 IpAddressType
0 1 IpAddressType
1 1 xs:boolean
0 1 xs:string
1 1 IpAddressAllocationModeType
Result
No IP addressing mode specified
Static IP address assigned manually
Static IP address allocated from a pool
IP address assigned by DHCP
Description
URL to access this section
Required by the base
ovf:Section_Type. It can contain
xs:string information about the
containing element, or can be empty
The value of the
rasd:AddressOnParent element of
the device (NIC) supporting the
primary network connection to the
containing virtual machine.
Describes a single network connection
Configuration links
Description
Includes type, href, XML namespace
identifiers
The name of the network to which this
connection connects.
The value in the
rasd:AddressOnParent element of the
device supporting this connection.
IP address of this connection
If the network that the NIC is connected
to has NAT or port mapping, the
external address is populated in this
element.
If the vApp is deployed, specifies the
current state of its connection. If the
vApp is undeployed, specifies whether
this connection should be connected at
deployment time.
MAC address of this connection
Specifies how an IP address is allocated
to this connection
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