# Data Object - DVPortSetting(vim.dvs.DistributedVirtualPort.Setting)

Property of
  DVPortConfigInfo, DVPortConfigSpec, DVPortgroupConfigInfo, DVPortgroupConfigSpec, DVSConfigInfo, DVSConfigSpec, DVSHostLocalPortInfo
Extended by
  VMwareDVSPortSetting
Extends
  DynamicData
See also
  BoolPolicy, DvsFilterPolicy, DVSTrafficShapingPolicy, DVSVendorSpecificConfig, StringPolicy
Since
  vSphere API 4.0

## Data Object Description

The DVPortSetting data object describes the network configuration of a DistributedVirtualPort.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
blocked* | BoolPolicy | Indicates whether this port is blocked. If a port is blocked, packet forwarding is stopped.
filterPolicy* | DvsFilterPolicy | Configuration for Network Filter Policy. Since vSphere API 5.5
inShapingPolicy* | DVSTrafficShapingPolicy | Network shaping policy for controlling throughput of inbound traffic.
networkResourcePoolKey* | StringPolicy | Deprecated. as of vSphere API Feature.dvs. Use vmVnicNetworkResourcePoolKey instead to reference the virtual NIC network resource pool. The key of user defined network resource pool to be associated with a port. The default value for this property is "-1", indicating that this port is not associated with any network resource pool. Since vSphere API 5.0
outShapingPolicy* | DVSTrafficShapingPolicy | Network shaping policy for controlling throughput of outbound traffic.
vendorSpecificConfig* | DVSVendorSpecificConfig | Opaque binary blob that stores vendor specific configuration.
vmDirectPathGen2Allowed* | BoolPolicy | Indicates whether this port is allowed to do VMDirectPath Gen2 network passthrough. Direct path capability is defined at host, switch, and device levels. See the `vmDirectPathGen2Supported` properties on the DVSFeatureCapability, HostCapability, PhysicalNic, and VirtualEthernetCardOption objects. Since vSphere API 4.1
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="DVPortSetting"> <complexContent> <extension base="vsan:DynamicData"> <sequence> <element name="blocked" type="vsan:BoolPolicy" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="vmDirectPathGen2Allowed" type="vsan:BoolPolicy" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="inShapingPolicy" type="vsan:DVSTrafficShapingPolicy" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="outShapingPolicy" type="vsan:DVSTrafficShapingPolicy" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="vendorSpecificConfig" type="vsan:DVSVendorSpecificConfig" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="networkResourcePoolKey" type="vsan:StringPolicy" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="filterPolicy" type="vsan:DvsFilterPolicy" minOccurs="0"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>