# Data Object - HostFibreChannelOverEthernetHba(vim.host.FibreChannelOverEthernetHba)

Extends
  HostFibreChannelHba
See also
  HostFibreChannelOverEthernetHbaLinkInfo
Since
  vSphere API 5.0

## Data Object Description

This data object type describes the FCoE host bus adapter interface. Terminology is borrowed from T11's working draft of the Fibre Channel Backbone 5 standard (FC-BB-5). The draft can be found at http://www.t11.org.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
isSoftwareFcoe | xsd:boolean | True if this host bus adapter is a software based FCoE initiator.
linkInfo | HostFibreChannelOverEthernetHbaLinkInfo | Link information that can be used to uniquely identify this FCoE HBA.
markedForRemoval* | xsd:boolean | Deprecated. As of vSphere API 8.0. Software FCoE not supported. True if this host bus adapter has been marked for removal.
underlyingNic | xsd:string | The name associated with this FCoE HBA's underlying FcoeNic.
Properties inherited from HostFibreChannelHba
nodeWorldWideName, portType, portWorldWideName, speed
Properties inherited from HostHostBusAdapter
bus, device, driver, key, model, pci, status, storageProtocol
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

*Need not be set
Show WSDL type definition
<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="HostFibreChannelOverEthernetHba"> <complexContent> <extension base="vim25:HostFibreChannelHba"> <sequence> <element name="underlyingNic" type="xsd:string"/> <element name="linkInfo" type="vim25:HostFibreChannelOverEthernetHbaLinkInfo"/> <element name="isSoftwareFcoe" type="xsd:boolean"/> <element name="markedForRemoval" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>