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

## vcenter vm hardware boot: info

The `info` structure contains information about the virtual machine boot process.

### Representations:

- JSON
- XML

{
"delay": 1,
"efi_legacy_boot": true,
"enter_setup_mode": true,
"network_protocol": "IPV4",
"retry": true,
"retry_delay": 1,
"type": "BIOS"
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:Info xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vcenter/vm/hardware/boot" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<network_protocol>IPV4</network_protocol>
<retry_delay>1</retry_delay>
<delay>1</delay>
<retry>true</retry>
<type>BIOS</type>
<enter_setup_mode>true</enter_setup_mode>
<efi_legacy_boot>true</efi_legacy_boot>
</ns0:Info>

#### Attributes:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
Required
type | string | Firmware type used by the virtual machine. Defines the valid firmware types for a virtual machine. Value is one of: BIOS: Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) firmware. EFI: Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) firmware.
delay | long | Delay in milliseconds before beginning the firmware boot process when the virtual machine is powered on. This delay may be used to provide a time window for users to connect to the virtual machine console and enter BIOS setup mode.
retry | boolean | Flag indicating whether the virtual machine will automatically retry the boot process after a failure.
retry_delay | long | Delay in milliseconds before retrying the boot process after a failure; applicable only when vcenter.vm.hardware.boot.info.retry is true.
enter_setup_mode | boolean | Flag indicating whether the firmware boot process will automatically enter setup mode the next time the virtual machine boots. Note that this flag will automatically be reset to false once the virtual machine enters setup mode.
Optional
efi_legacy_boot | boolean | Flag indicating whether to use EFI legacy boot mode. Optional. It is only relevant when type has value EFI. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of `type` is EFI.
network_protocol | string | Protocol to use when attempting to boot the virtual machine over the network. Defines the valid network boot protocols supported when booting a virtual machine with EFI firmware over the network. Value is one of: IPV4: PXE or Apple NetBoot over IPv4. IPV6: PXE over IPv6.Optional. It is only relevant when type has value EFI. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of `type` is EFI.