## PowerCLI Reference

# Get-VDTrafficShapingPolicy

## Synopsis

This cmdlet retrieves the traffic shaping policy for distributed ports.

Syntax

Get-VDTrafficShapingPolicy -Direction <TrafficDirection> -VDPortgroup <VDPortgroup[]> [-Server <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
Get-VDTrafficShapingPolicy -Direction <TrafficDirection> -VDSwitch <VDSwitch[]> [-Server <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
Get-VDTrafficShapingPolicy -Direction <TrafficDirection> -VDPort <VDPort[]> [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
Set-VDTrafficShapingPolicy

Detailed Description

This cmdlet retrieves the traffic shaping policy for distributed ports. For distributed port group and vSphere distributed switch parameter sets, the default port policy at the distributed port group or switch level is retrieved.

Parameters

Name | Type | Description | Required? | Pipeline Input | Default Value
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Direction | TrafficDirection | Specifies the direction of the traffic shaping policy. | true | false
Server | VIServer[] | Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is given to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of Connect-VIServer. | false | false
VDPort | VDPort[] | Specifies the distributed ports for which you want to retrieve the traffic shaping policy. | true | true (ByValue)
VDPortgroup | VDPortgroup[] | Specifies a distributed port group for which you want to retrieve the default traffic shaping policy. | true | true (ByValue)
VDSwitch | VDSwitch[] | Specifies a vSphere distributed switch for which you want to retrieve the default traffic shaping policy. | true | true (ByValue)

Return Type

One or more TrafficShapingPolicy objects

Notes

Examples

-------------- Example 1 --------------

    Get-VDSwitch "MyVDSwitch" | Get-VDTrafficShapingPolicy -Direction In

Retrieves the ingress traffic shaping policy of a vSphere distributed switch named "MyVDSwitch".

-------------- Example 2 --------------

    Get-VDPortgroup "MyVDPortgroup" | Get-VDPort | Get-VDTrafficShapingPolicy -Direction Out

Retrieves the engress traffic shaping policies of all ports inside a distributed port group named "MyVDPortgroup".

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