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

## vcenter vm hardware boot device: get

Returns an ordered list of boot devices for the virtual machine. If the array is empty, the virtual machine uses a default boot sequence.

### Request:

#### HTTP request

GET https://{server}/rest/vcenter/vm/{vm}/hardware/boot/device

#### Path Parameters

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
Required
vm | string | Virtual machine identifier.

### Response:

#### HTTP Status Code: 200

#### Representations:

- JSON
- XML

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

#### Response Type:

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
bold = required
value | entry[] | Ordered list of configured boot devices.
value[].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.
value[].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`.
value[].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`.

#### Errors:

HTTP Status Code | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
500 | error | if the system reports an error while responding to the request.
404 | not_found | if the virtual machine is not found.
400 | resource_inaccessible | if the virtual machine's configuration state cannot be accessed.
503 | service_unavailable | if the system is unable to communicate with a service to complete the request.
401 | unauthenticated | if the user can not be authenticated.
403 | unauthorized | if the user doesn't have the required privileges.