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ENS:DescribeVSwitches

Last Updated:Mar 27, 2026

You can invoke DescribeVSwitches to query information about vSwitches for network configuration. Internal networks are organized by 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:DescribeVSwitches

list

*All Resource

*

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

EnsRegionId

string

No

The ID of the ENS node.

cn-xian-unicom

VSwitchId

string

No

The ID of the vSwitch.

vsw-5m9xhlq8oh***

VSwitchName

string

No

The name of the vSwitch.

testVSwitchName

NetworkId

string

No

The ID of the VPC to which the vSwitch belongs.

vpc-25cdvfeq58pl****

PageNumber

integer

No

The page number. Default value: 1.

1

PageSize

integer

No

The number of entries per page. Maximum value: 50. Default value: 10.

10

EnsRegionIds

array

No

The IDs of edge nodes. You can specify 1 to 100 IDs.

string

No

The IDs of edge nodes.

cn-chengdu-telecom-4

VSwitchIds

array

No

The IDs of vSwitches. You can specify 1 to 100 IDs.

string

No

The IDs of vSwitches.

vsw-5****tzrpf

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

RequestId

string

The request ID.

473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E

PageSize

integer

The number of entries returned on each page.

2

PageNumber

integer

The page number.

1

TotalCount

integer

The total number of entries returned.

3

VSwitches

object

VSwitch

array<object>

The information about the vSwitches. For more information, see the array of vSwitches in the response examples in the JSON format.

array<object>

EnsRegionId

string

The ID of the ENS node.

cn-xian-unicom

Status

string

The status of the vSwitch. Valid values:

  • Pending

  • Available

Pending

FreeIpCount

integer

The number of available IP addresses.

1024

VSwitchId

string

The ID of the vSwitch.

vsw-5m9xhlq8oh***

CidrBlock

string

The IPv4 CIDR block of the vSwitch.

10.21.224.0/22

Description

string

The description of the vSwitch.

VSwitchDescription

NetworkId

string

The ID of the virtual private cloud (VPC).

vpc-25cdvfeq58pl****

CreatedTime

string

The time when the VPC was created. The time follows the ISO 8601 standard in the YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ format. The time is displayed in UTC.

2020-06-16T06:33:15Z

VSwitchName

string

The name of the vSwitch.

testVSwitchName

Tags

object

Tag

array<object>

The collection of tags.

object

The collection of tags.

Value

string

The request error rate.

TestValue

Key

string

The tag key.

TestKey

TagValue deprecated

string

Tag value.

TestValue

TagKey deprecated

string

The tag key.

TestKey

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "473469C7-AA6F-4DC5-B3DB-A3DC0DE3C83E",
  "PageSize": 2,
  "PageNumber": 1,
  "TotalCount": 3,
  "VSwitches": {
    "VSwitch": [
      {
        "EnsRegionId": "cn-xian-unicom",
        "Status": "Pending",
        "FreeIpCount": 1024,
        "VSwitchId": "vsw-5m9xhlq8oh***",
        "CidrBlock": "10.21.224.0/22",
        "Description": "VSwitchDescription",
        "NetworkId": "vpc-25cdvfeq58pl****",
        "CreatedTime": "2020-06-16T06:33:15Z",
        "VSwitchName": "testVSwitchName",
        "Tags": {
          "Tag": [
            {
              "Value": "TestValue",
              "Key": "TestKey",
              "TagValue": "TestValue",
              "TagKey": "TestKey"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 NoPermission Permission denied.
400 CallInterface Call Interface Happen Error. An error occurred when you call the operation.
400 ens.interface.error Failed to call API.
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.