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Retrieve Expected Switch

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Retrieve a specific Expected Switch by ID.

Org must have an Infrastructure Provider entity. User must have authorization role with PROVIDER_ADMIN or PROVIDER_VIEWER suffix.

Alternatively, Tenant Admins with TargetedInstanceCreation capability can also retrieve Expected Switches if they have an account with the Site’s Infrastructure Provider.

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer
export JWT_BEARER_TOKEN="<jwt-bearer-token>"

# Example org name: "acme-inc
export ORG_NAME=<org-name>

# Use the JWT bearer token in your API request auth header:
curl -v -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer $JWT_BEARER_TOKEN" https://nico-rest-api.nico.svc.cluster.local/v2/org/$ORG_NAME/nico/user/current

Path parameters

orgstringRequired
Name of the Org
expectedSwitchIdstringRequired
ID of the Expected Switch

Query parameters

includeRelationenumOptional
Related entity to expand
Allowed values:

Response

OK
idstringOptionalRead-onlyformat: "uuid"
Unique identifier for the Expected Switch
siteIdstringOptionalRead-onlyformat: "uuid"
ID of the site the Expected Switch belongs to
bmcMacAddressstringOptionalformat: "^([0-9A-Fa-f]{2}[:-]){5}([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})$"

MAC address of the Expected Switch’s BMC (Baseboard Management Controller)

switchSerialNumberstringOptional
Serial number of the Expected Switch
nvosInterfaceslist of objectsOptional

NVOS ethernet ports of the Expected Switch, with the primary (eth0) port flagged. Array order is not stable across inventory synchronization; identify ports by MAC and use isPrimary for selection.

rackIdstring or nullOptional
Optional rack identifier for this component
bmcIpAddressstring or nullOptional

Optional BMC IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). When set, pre-allocates a reserved IP for the BMC.

namestring or nullOptional
Display name for this component
manufacturerstring or nullOptional
Manufacturer of this component
modelstring or nullOptional
Model of this component
descriptionstring or nullOptional
Description of this component
slotIdinteger or nullOptional
Slot ID within the rack
trayIdxinteger or nullOptional
Tray index within the rack
hostIdinteger or nullOptional
Host ID within the tray
labelsmap from strings to stringsOptional

User-defined key-value pairs for organizing and categorizing Expected Switches

createddatetimeOptionalRead-only
ISO 8601 datetime when the Expected Switch was created
updateddatetimeOptionalRead-only
ISO 8601 datetime when the Expected Switch was last updated
nvosMacAddresseslist of stringsOptionalDeprecated

Deprecated flat NVOS MAC list retained for v2 compatibility. Use nvosInterfaces. Responses emit both fields, and this array contains the same MACs in the same order as nvosInterfaces.

Errors

400
Bad Request Error
403
Forbidden Error
404
Not Found Error