1. Types
2. vcenter
3. network

## vcenter network: summary

The `summary` structure contains commonly used information about a network.

### Representations:

- JSON
- XML

{
"name": "string",
"network": "obj-103",
"type": "STANDARD_PORTGROUP"
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:Summary xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vcenter/network" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<name>string</name>
<type>STANDARD_PORTGROUP</type>
<network>obj-103</network>
</ns0:Summary>

#### Attributes:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
Required
network | string | Identifier of the network. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: `Network`. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: `Network`.
name | string | Name of the network.
type | string | Type (`STANDARD_PORTGROUP`, `DISTRIBUTED_PORTGROUP`, `OPAQUE_NETWORK`) of the vCenter Server network. Defines the type of a vCenter Server network. The type of a network can be used to determine what features it supports and which APIs can be used to find more information about the network or change its configuration. Value is one of: STANDARD_PORTGROUP: XXX: ESX based (created and managed on ESX) DISTRIBUTED_PORTGROUP: XXX: vCenter based (create and managed through vCenter) OPAQUE_NETWORK: A network for whose configuration is managed outside of vSphere. The identifer and name of the network is made available through vSphere so that host and virtual machine virtual ethernet devices can connect to them.