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Elastic Compute Service:DescribeInstanceTypes

Last Updated:Mar 19, 2024

Queries the details of all instance types or a specific instance type provided by Elastic Compute Service (ECS).

Operation description

Usage notes

Before you call this operation, take note of the following items:

  • The MaxResults parameter specifies the maximum number of entries to return on each page. The maximum value of this parameter is changed from 1600 to 100. If you called this operation in 2022, you can continue to use 1600 as the maximum value of MaxResults until November 15, 2023. As of November 15, 2023, only 100 can be used as the maximum value of MaxResults. If you do not specify the NextToken parameter when you call the DescribeInstanceTypes operation, only the first page of results that contains up to 100 entries is returned. If you want to retrieve more results, specify the NextToken parameter to perform paged queries, or specify filter conditions to filter results.
  • We recommend that you specify the MaxResults and NextToken parameters to perform paged queries. The first time you call the DescribeInstanceTypes operation, specify MaxResults to limit the maximum number of entries to return in the call. If the number of entries to return exceeds the specified value of MaxResults, the response includes a NextToken value. You can set NextToken to this return value and specify MaxResults in your next request to DescribeInstanceTypes to retrieve the next page of results.
  • The DescribeInstanceTypes operation is used to query only the specifications and performance information of instance types. To query instance types that are available in a specified region, call the DescribeAvailableResource operation.
  • To use special instance types such as instance types that are unavailable for purchase, submit a ticket.

Debugging

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Authorization information

There is currently no authorization information disclosed in the API.

Request parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescriptionExample
InstanceTypeFamilystringNo

The instance family to which the instance type belongs. For information about the valid values of this parameter, see DescribeInstanceTypeFamilies .

For more information about instance families, see Instance families.

ecs.g6
InstanceTypesarrayNo

Instance type N. Valid values of N: 1 to 10. If this parameter is left empty, information about all instance types is queried.

stringNo

Instance type N. Valid values of N: 1 to 10. If this parameter is left empty, information about all instance types is queried.

ecs.g6.large
MinimumCpuCoreCountintegerNo

The minimum number of vCPUs. The value must be a positive integer.

Note If an instance type has fewer vCPUs than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
2
MaximumCpuCoreCountintegerNo

The maximum number of vCPUs. The value must be a positive integer.

Note If an instance type has more vCPUs than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
10
MinimumMemorySizefloatNo

The minimum memory size. Unit: GiB.

Note If the memory size of an instance type is smaller than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
20
MaximumMemorySizefloatNo

The maximum memory size. Unit: GiB.

Note If the memory size of an instance type is larger than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
60
MinimumGPUAmountintegerNo

The minimum number of GPUs. The value must be a positive integer.

Note If an instance type provides fewer GPUs than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
3
MaximumGPUAmountintegerNo

The maximum number of GPUs. The value must be a positive integer.

Note If an instance type provides more GPUs than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
10
GPUSpecstringNo

The GPU model.

Note Fuzzy match is supported. For example, if an instance type provides NVIDIA V100 GPUs and you set this parameter to NVIDIA, information about the instance type is queried.
NVIDIA V100
InstanceCategorystringNo

The category of the instance type. Valid values:

  • General-purpose: general-purpose instance type
  • Compute-optimized: compute-optimized instance type
  • Memory-optimized: memory-optimized instance type
  • Big data: big data instance type
  • Local SSDs: instance type with local SSDs
  • High Clock Speed: instance type with high clock speeds
  • Enhanced: enhanced instance type
  • Shared: shared instance type
  • Compute-optimized with GPU: GPU-accelerated compute-optimized instance type
  • Visual Compute-optimized: visual compute-optimized instance type
  • Heterogeneous Service: heterogeneous service instance type
  • Compute-optimized with FPGA: FPGA-accelerated compute-optimized instance type
  • Compute-optimized with NPU: NPU-accelerated compute-optimized instance type
  • ECS Bare Metal: ECS Bare Metal Instance type
  • Super Computing Cluster: Super Computing Cluster (SCC) instance type
  • High Performance Compute.
  • Cloud Physical Server.
Big data
CpuArchitecturestringNo

The CPU architecture. Valid values:

  • X86: x86
  • ARM: ARM
X86
MinimumCpuSpeedFrequencyfloatNo

The minimum clock speed.

Note If an instance type uses processors that have a lower clock speed than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
2.5
MaximumCpuSpeedFrequencyfloatNo

The maximum clock speed.

Note If an instance type uses processors that have a higher clock speed than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
3.2
MinimumCpuTurboFrequencyfloatNo

The minimum turbo frequency.

Note If an instance type uses processors that deliver a lower turbo frequency than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
3.2
MaximumCpuTurboFrequencyfloatNo

The maximum turbo frequency.

Note If an instance type uses processors that deliver a higher turbo frequency than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
4.1
PhysicalProcessorModelstringNo

The CPU model.

Note Fuzzy match is supported. For example, if an instance type uses Intel Xeon (Ice Lake) Platinum 8369B processors and you set this parameter to Intel, information about the instance type is queried.
Intel Xeon(Ice Lake) Platinum 8369B
InstanceFamilyLevelstringNo

The level of the instance family. Valid values:

  • EntryLevel: entry level (shared)
  • EnterpriseLevel: enterprise level
  • CreditEntryLevel: credit-based entry level
EntryLevel
MinimumInstancePpsRxlongNo

The minimum inbound packet forwarding rate over the internal network. Unit: pps.

Note If an instance type provides an inbound packet forwarding rate over the internal network that is lower than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
15
MinimumInstancePpsTxlongNo

The minimum outbound packet forwarding rate over the internal network. Unit: pps.

Note If an instance type provides an outbound packet forwarding rate over the internal network that is lower than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
15
MinimumInstanceBandwidthRxintegerNo

The minimum inbound internal bandwidth. Unit: Kbit/s.

Note If an instance type provides an inbound internal bandwidth that is lower than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
12288
MinimumInstanceBandwidthTxintegerNo

The minimum outbound internal bandwidth. Unit: Kbit/s.

Note If an instance type provides an outbound internal bandwidth that is lower than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
12288
MinimumPrimaryEniQueueNumberintegerNo

The minimum default number of queues per primary network interface controller (NIC).

Note If an instance type supports fewer queues per primary NIC than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
8
MinimumSecondaryEniQueueNumberintegerNo

The minimum default number of queues per secondary NIC.

Note If an instance type supports fewer queues per secondary NIC than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
4
MinimumEniQuantityintegerNo

The minimum number of elastic network interfaces (ENIs) per instance.

Note If an instance type supports fewer ENIs than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
4
MinimumQueuePairNumberintegerNo

The minimum number of queue pair (QP) queues per elastic RDMA interface (ERI).

Note If an instance type supports fewer QP queues per ERI than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
8
MinimumEriQuantityintegerNo

The minimum number of ERIs per instance.

Note If an instance type supports fewer ERIs than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
0
MinimumEniPrivateIpAddressQuantityintegerNo

The minimum number of IPv4 addresses per ENI.

Note If an instance type supports fewer IPv4 addresses per ENI than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
2
MinimumEniIpv6AddressQuantityintegerNo

The minimum number of IPv6 addresses per ENI.

Note If an instance type supports fewer IPv6 addresses per ENI than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
2
MinimumLocalStorageAmountintegerNo

The minimum number of local disks per instance.

Note If an instance type supports fewer local disks than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
4
MinimumLocalStorageCapacitylongNo

The capacity of each local disk attached per instance. Unit: GiB.

40
MinimumDiskQuantityintegerNo

The minimum number of cloud disks per instance.

Note If an instance type supports fewer cloud disks than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
4
LocalStorageCategorystringNo

The category of local disks. For more information, see Local disks. Valid values:

  • local_hdd_pro: local Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) HDDs, which are used by d1ne or d1 instances
  • local_ssd_pro: local Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) SSDs, which are used by i2, i2g, i1, ga1, or gn5 instances
local_ssd_pro
NvmeSupportstringNo

Specifies whether cloud disks can be attached by using the NVMe protocol. Valid values:

  • required: The cloud disk can be attached by using the NVMe protocol.
  • unsupported: The cloud disk cannot be attached by using the NVMe protocol.
required
MinimumBaselineCreditintegerNo

The minimum baseline CPU performance (overall baseline performance of all vCPUs) of a t5 or t6 burstable instance.

Note If a t5 or t6 instance type provides baseline CPU performance lower than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
12
MinimumInitialCreditintegerNo

The minimum initial CPU credits of a t5 or t6 burstable instance.

Note If a t5 or t6 instance type provides less initial vCPU credits than the specified value, information about the instance type is not queried.
12
MaxResultslongNo

The maximum number of entries to return on each page. Maximum value: 1600.

Default value: 1600.

10
NextTokenstringNo

The query token. Set the value to the NextToken value returned in the previous call to the DescribeInstanceTypes operation. You do not need to specify this parameter for the first request.

e71d8a535bd9cc11

Response parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionExample
object
RequestIdstring

The ID of the request.

00827261-20B7-4562-83F2-4DF39876A45A
InstanceTypesobject []

Details about the instance types.

EniTotalQuantityinteger

The maximum number of NICs, including the primary NIC, ENIs, and trunk NICs.

Note This parameter is in invitational preview and unavailable for general users.
0
LocalStorageCategorystring

The category of local disks. For more information, see Local disks. Valid values:

  • local_hdd_pro: local SATA HDDs, which are used by d1ne or d1 instances
  • local_ssd_pro: local NVMe SSDs, which are used by i2, i2g, i1, ga1, or gn5 instances
local_ssd_pro
PrimaryEniQueueNumberinteger

The default number of queues per primary NIC.

4
MemorySizefloat

The memory size. Unit: GiB.

16
LocalStorageCapacitylong

The capacity of each local disk. Unit: GiB.

5000
InstanceFamilyLevelstring

The level of the instance family. Valid values:

  • EntryLevel: entry level (shared).
  • EnterpriseLevel: enterprise level.
  • CreditEntryLevel: credit-based entry level. For more information about instance families of this level, see Overview .
EnterpriseLevel
InstancePpsRxlong

The inbound packet forwarding rate of the internal network. Unit: pps.

500000
EniIpv6AddressQuantityinteger

The maximum number of IPv6 addresses per ENI.

1
MaximumQueueNumberPerEniinteger

The maximum number of queues per ENI (including primary and secondary ENIs).

4
InstanceTypeIdstring

The ID of the instance type.

ecs.g6.large
InstanceBandwidthRxinteger

The maximum inbound internal bandwidth. Unit: Kbit/s.

1024000
SecondaryEniQueueNumberinteger

The default number of queues supported by the secondary ENI.

4
GPUSpecstring

The GPU model.

NVIDIA V100
InstanceBandwidthTxinteger

The maximum outbound internal bandwidth. Unit: Kbit/s.

1024000
QueuePairNumberinteger

The maximum number of QP queues per ERI.

22
EriQuantityinteger

The number of ERIs.

Note This parameter is in invitational preview and unavailable for general users.
0
GPUAmountinteger

The number of GPUs.

0
TotalEniQueueQuantityinteger

The maximum number of queues on ENIs that the instance type supports.

12
NvmeSupportstring

Indicates whether the cloud disk can be attached by using the NVMe protocol. Valid values:

  • required: The cloud disk can be attached by using the NVMe protocol.
  • unsupported: The cloud disk cannot be attached by using the NVMe protocol.
unsupported
DiskQuantityinteger

The maximum number of cloud disks per instance.

17
InitialCreditinteger

The initial vCPU credits of a t5 or t6 burstable instance.

120
LocalStorageAmountinteger

The number of local disks per instance.

1
BaselineCreditinteger

The baseline vCPU computing performance (overall computing performance of all vCPUs) of the t5 or t6 burstable instance.

4
InstancePpsTxlong

The outbound packet forwarding rate over the internal network. Unit: pps.

500000
EniPrivateIpAddressQuantityinteger

The maximum number of IPv4 addresses per ENI.

10
CpuCoreCountinteger

The number of vCPUs.

4
InstanceTypeFamilystring

The instance family.

ecs.g6
EniQuantityinteger

The maximum number of ENIs.

3
EniTrunkSupportedboolean

Indicates whether NICs on instances of the instance type support trunking.

Note This parameter is in invitational preview and unavailable for general users.
true
CpuSpeedFrequencyfloat

The CPU base frequency. Unit: GHz.

2.7
CpuTurboFrequencyfloat

The CPU turbo frequency. Unit: GHz.

3.5
PhysicalProcessorModelstring

The CPU model.

Intel Xeon(Ice Lake) Platinum 8369B
NetworkEncryptionSupportboolean

Indicates whether to allow network traffic transmitted over virtual private clouds (VPCs) to be encrypted. Valid values:

  • true: allows network traffic transmitted over VPCs to be encrypted.
  • false: does not allow network traffic transmitted over VPCs to be encrypted.
true
InstanceCategorystring

The category of the instance type. Valid values:

  • General-purpose: general-purpose instance type
  • Compute-optimized: compute-optimized instance type
  • Memory-optimized: memory-optimized instance type
  • Big data: big data instance type
  • Local SSDs: instance type with local SSDs
  • High Clock Speed: instance type with high clock speeds
  • Enhanced: enhanced instance type
  • Shared: shared instance type
  • Compute-optimized with GPU: GPU-accelerated compute-optimized instance type
  • Visual Compute-optimized: visual compute-optimized instance type
  • Heterogeneous Service: heterogeneous service instance type
  • Compute-optimized with FPGA: FPGA-accelerated compute-optimized instance type
  • Compute-optimized with NPU: NPU-accelerated compute-optimized instance type
  • ECS Bare Metal: ECS Bare Metal Instance type
  • Super Computing Cluster: SCC instance type
  • High Performance Compute.
  • Cloud Physical Server.
Big data
CpuArchitecturestring

The CPU architecture. Valid values:

  • X86: x86
  • ARM: ARM
X86
GPUMemorySizefloat

The amount of GPU memory per GPU. Unit: GiB.

32
NetworkCardQuantityinteger

The maximum number of network cards that the instance type supports.

1
NetworkCardsobject []

Details about the network cards.

NetworkCardIndexinteger

The index of the network card.

1
NextTokenstring

The query token returned in this call.

e71d8a535bd9cc11

Examples

Sample success responses

JSONformat

{
  "RequestId": "00827261-20B7-4562-83F2-4DF39876A45A",
  "InstanceTypes": {
    "InstanceType": [
      {
        "EniTotalQuantity": 0,
        "LocalStorageCategory": "local_ssd_pro",
        "PrimaryEniQueueNumber": 4,
        "MemorySize": 16,
        "LocalStorageCapacity": 5000,
        "InstanceFamilyLevel": "EnterpriseLevel",
        "InstancePpsRx": 500000,
        "EniIpv6AddressQuantity": 1,
        "MaximumQueueNumberPerEni": 4,
        "InstanceTypeId": "ecs.g6.large",
        "InstanceBandwidthRx": 1024000,
        "SecondaryEniQueueNumber": 4,
        "GPUSpec": "NVIDIA V100",
        "InstanceBandwidthTx": 1024000,
        "QueuePairNumber": 22,
        "EriQuantity": 0,
        "GPUAmount": 0,
        "TotalEniQueueQuantity": 12,
        "NvmeSupport": "unsupported",
        "DiskQuantity": 17,
        "InitialCredit": 120,
        "LocalStorageAmount": 1,
        "BaselineCredit": 4,
        "InstancePpsTx": 500000,
        "EniPrivateIpAddressQuantity": 10,
        "CpuCoreCount": 4,
        "InstanceTypeFamily": "ecs.g6",
        "EniQuantity": 3,
        "EniTrunkSupported": true,
        "CpuSpeedFrequency": 2.7,
        "CpuTurboFrequency": 3.5,
        "PhysicalProcessorModel": "Intel Xeon(Ice Lake) Platinum 8369B",
        "NetworkEncryptionSupport": true,
        "InstanceCategory": "Big data",
        "CpuArchitecture": "X86",
        "GPUMemorySize": 32,
        "NetworkCardQuantity": 1,
        "NetworkCards": {
          "NetworkCardInfo": [
            {
              "NetworkCardIndex": 1
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "NextToken": "e71d8a535bd9cc11"
}

Error codes

For a list of error codes, visit the Service error codes.

Change history

Change timeSummary of changesOperation
2022-12-19The response structure of the API has changedsee changesets
Change itemChange content
Output ParametersThe response structure of the API has changed.
2022-09-07The request parameters of the API has changed. The response structure of the API has changedsee changesets
Change itemChange content
Input ParametersThe request parameters of the API has changed.
    Added Input Parameters: MinimumCpuCoreCount
    Added Input Parameters: MaximumCpuCoreCount
    Added Input Parameters: MinimumMemorySize
    Added Input Parameters: MaximumMemorySize
    Added Input Parameters: MinimumGPUAmount
    Added Input Parameters: MaximumGPUAmount
    Added Input Parameters: GPUSpec
    Added Input Parameters: InstanceCategory
    Added Input Parameters: CpuArchitecture
    Added Input Parameters: MinimumCpuSpeedFrequency
    Added Input Parameters: MaximumCpuSpeedFrequency
    Added Input Parameters: MinimumCpuTurboFrequency
    Added Input Parameters: MaximumCpuTurboFrequency
    Added Input Parameters: PhysicalProcessorModel
    Added Input Parameters: InstanceFamilyLevel
    Added Input Parameters: MinimumInstancePpsRx
    Added Input Parameters: MinimumInstancePpsTx
    Added Input Parameters: MinimumInstanceBandwidthRx
    Added Input Parameters: MinimumInstanceBandwidthTx
    Added Input Parameters: MinimumPrimaryEniQueueNumber
    Added Input Parameters: MinimumSecondaryEniQueueNumber
    Added Input Parameters: MinimumEniQuantity
    Added Input Parameters: MinimumQueuePairNumber
    Added Input Parameters: MinimumEriQuantity
    Added Input Parameters: MinimumEniPrivateIpAddressQuantity
    Added Input Parameters: MinimumEniIpv6AddressQuantity
    Added Input Parameters: MinimumLocalStorageAmount
    Added Input Parameters: MinimumLocalStorageCapacity
    Added Input Parameters: MinimumDiskQuantity
    Added Input Parameters: LocalStorageCategory
    Added Input Parameters: NvmeSupport
    Added Input Parameters: MinimumBaselineCredit
    Added Input Parameters: MinimumInitialCredit
Output ParametersThe response structure of the API has changed.