# Data Object - HostRdmaDevice(vim.host.RdmaDevice)

Property of
  HostNetworkInfo, PhysicalNic
Extends
  DynamicData
See also
  HostRdmaDeviceBacking, HostRdmaDeviceCapability, HostRdmaDeviceConnectionInfo
Since
  vSphere API 7.0

## Data Object Description

This data object represents a Remote Direct Memory Access device as seen by the primary operating system.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
backing* | HostRdmaDeviceBacking | If set, represents the physical backing for the RDMA device. Not all RDMA devices are required to have a physical backing.
capability | HostRdmaDeviceCapability | Supported capabilies of the RDMA device.
connectionInfo | HostRdmaDeviceConnectionInfo | Current device connection state.
description* | xsd:string | Device description, if available.
device | xsd:string | The device name of the RDMA device.
driver* | xsd:string | The short string name of the device driver, if available.
key | xsd:string | The linkable identifier.
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

*Need not be set
Show WSDL type definition
<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vsan="urn:vsan" name="HostRdmaDevice"> <complexContent> <extension base="vsan:DynamicData"> <sequence> <element name="key" type="xsd:string"/> <element name="device" type="xsd:string"/> <element name="driver" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="description" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="backing" type="vsan:HostRdmaDeviceBacking" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="connectionInfo" type="vsan:HostRdmaDeviceConnectionInfo"/> <element name="capability" type="vsan:HostRdmaDeviceCapability"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>