# Data Object - PhysicalNicCdpDeviceCapability(vim.host.PhysicalNic.CdpDeviceCapability)

Property of
  PhysicalNicCdpInfo
Extends
  DynamicData
Since
  VI API 2.5

## Data Object Description

The capability of the CDP-awared device that connects to a Physical NIC. PhysicalNicCdpInfo

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
host | xsd:boolean | The CDP-awared device has the capability of a host, which Sends and receives packets for at least one network layer protocol.
igmpEnabled | xsd:boolean | The CDP-awared device is IGMP-enabled, which does not forward IGMP Report packets on nonrouter ports.
networkSwitch | xsd:boolean | The CDP-awared device has the capability of switching. The difference between this capability and transparentBridge is that a switch does not run the Spanning-Tree Protocol. This device is assumed to be deployed in a physical loop-free topology.
repeater | xsd:boolean | The CDP-awared device has the capability of a repeater
router | xsd:boolean | The CDP-awared device has the capability of a routing for at least one network layer protocol
sourceRouteBridge | xsd:boolean | The CDP-awared device has the capability of source-route bridging
transparentBridge | xsd:boolean | The CDP-awared device has the capability of transparent bridging
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

Show WSDL type definition
<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="PhysicalNicCdpDeviceCapability"> <complexContent> <extension base="vim25:DynamicData"> <sequence> <element name="router" type="xsd:boolean"/> <element name="transparentBridge" type="xsd:boolean"/> <element name="sourceRouteBridge" type="xsd:boolean"/> <element name="networkSwitch" type="xsd:boolean"/> <element name="host" type="xsd:boolean"/> <element name="igmpEnabled" type="xsd:boolean"/> <element name="repeater" type="xsd:boolean"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>