1. Types
2. vcenter
3. vm
4. hardware
5. boot
6. device

## vcenter vm hardware boot device: entry

The `entry` structure specifies a bootable virtual device class or specific bootable virtual device(s).

### Representations:

- JSON
- XML

{
"disks": [
"obj-103",
"obj-103"
],
"nic": "obj-103",
"type": "CDROM"
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:Entry xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vcenter/vm/hardware/boot/device" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<nic>obj-103</nic>
<type>CDROM</type>
<disks-array>
<array-item>obj-103</array-item>
<array-item>obj-103</array-item>
</disks-array>
</ns0:Entry>

#### Attributes:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
Required
type | string | Virtual device type. Defines the valid device types that may be used as bootable devices. Value is one of: CDROM: Virtual CD-ROM device. DISK: Virtual disk device. ETHERNET: Virtual Ethernet adapter. FLOPPY: Virtual floppy drive.
Optional
nic | string | Virtual Ethernet device. Ethernet device to use as boot device for this entry. Optional. It is only relevant when type has value ETHERNET. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of `type` is ETHERNET.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: `com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Ethernet`. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: `com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Ethernet`.
disks | string[] | Virtual disk device. List of virtual disks in boot order. Optional. It is only relevant when type has value DISK. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of `type` is DISK.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must contain identifiers for the resource type: `com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Disk`. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will contain identifiers for the resource type: `com.vmware.vcenter.vm.hardware.Disk`.