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ENS:DescribeVSwitchAttributes

Last Updated:Jun 04, 2026

Call the DescribeVSwitchAttributes operation to query the configuration of a specified vSwitch.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

ens:DescribeVSwitchAttributes

get

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

VSwitchId

string

Yes

The ID of the vSwitch.

vsw-5****

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

Schema of Response

RequestId

string

The ID of the request.

C0003****2A8

EnsRegionId

string

The ID of the ENS edge zone.

cn-xian-unicom

NetworkId

string

The ID of the network.

n-257gqcdfvx6n****

VSwitchName

string

The name of the vSwitch.

Test-switch

CidrBlock

string

The IPv4 CIDR block of the network.

10.0.0.0/24

Status

string

The status of the vSwitch. Valid values:

  • Pending: The vSwitch is being configured.

  • Available: The vSwitch is active.

  • Releasing: The vSwitch is being released.

Available

Description

string

The description of the vSwitch.

This is my vswitch.

CreatedTime

string

The time when the vSwitch was created. This value uses UTC and follows the yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ format.

2019-06-01T00:00:00Z

InstanceIds

object

InstanceId

array

A list of instance IDs.

string

The ID of an instance.

i-5****4evfn

NetworkInterfaceIds

object

NetworkInterfaceId

array

A list of elastic network interface IDs.

string

The ID of an elastic network interface.

eni-5****yfjm

LoadBalancerIds

object

LoadBalancerId

array

A list of SLB instance IDs.

string

The ID of an SLB instance.

lb-5****

NatGatewayIds

object

NatGatewayId

array

A list of NAT Gateway IDs.

string

The ID of a NAT Gateway.

nat-5****

HaVipIds

object

HaVipId

array

A list of high availability (HA) VIP instance IDs.

string

The ID of an HA VIP instance.

havip-5****

VSwitchId

string

The ID of the vSwitch.

vsw-5****

AvailableIpAddressCount

integer

The number of available IP addresses in the vSwitch.

253

Ipv6CidrBlock

string

2408:XXXX:0:a600::/110

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "C0003****2A8",
  "EnsRegionId": "cn-xian-unicom",
  "NetworkId": "n-257gqcdfvx6n****",
  "VSwitchName": "Test-switch",
  "CidrBlock": "10.0.0.0/24",
  "Status": "Available",
  "Description": "This is my vswitch.",
  "CreatedTime": "2019-06-01T00:00:00Z",
  "InstanceIds": {
    "InstanceId": [
      "i-5****4evfn"
    ]
  },
  "NetworkInterfaceIds": {
    "NetworkInterfaceId": [
      "eni-5****yfjm"
    ]
  },
  "LoadBalancerIds": {
    "LoadBalancerId": [
      "lb-5****"
    ]
  },
  "NatGatewayIds": {
    "NatGatewayId": [
      "nat-5****"
    ]
  },
  "HaVipIds": {
    "HaVipId": [
      "havip-5****"
    ]
  },
  "VSwitchId": "vsw-5****",
  "AvailableIpAddressCount": 253,
  "Ipv6CidrBlock": "2408:XXXX:0:a600::/110"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 ens.interface.error Failed to call API.
400 InvalidVSwitchId.NotFound Specified virtual switch does not exist. The specified virtual switch ID does not exist.
400 NoPermission Permission denied.
400 InvalidParameter.%s The specified field %s invalid. Please check it again.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.