# Data Object - VirtualHardware(vim.vm.VirtualHardware)

Property of
  VirtualMachineConfigInfo
Extends
  DynamicData
See also
  VirtualDevice

## Data Object Description

The VirtualHardware data object type contains the complete configuration of the hardware in a virtual machine.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
device* | VirtualDevice[] | The set of virtual devices belonging to the virtual machine. This list is unordered.
memoryMB | xsd:int | Memory size, in MB.
numCoresPerSocket* | xsd:int | Number of cores used to distribute virtual CPUs among sockets in this virtual machine. If the value is unset it implies to numCoresPerSocket = 1. Since vSphere API 5.0
numCPU | xsd:int | Number of virtual CPUs present in this virtual machine.
virtualICH7MPresent* | xsd:boolean | Does this virtual machine have Virtual Intel I/O Controller Hub 7 Since vSphere API 5.0
virtualSMCPresent* | xsd:boolean | Does this virtual machine have System Management Controller Since vSphere API 5.0
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

*Need not be set
Show WSDL type definition
<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:pbm="urn:pbm" name="VirtualHardware"> <complexContent> <extension base="pbm:DynamicData"> <sequence> <element name="numCPU" type="xsd:int"/> <element name="numCoresPerSocket" type="xsd:int" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="memoryMB" type="xsd:int"/> <element name="virtualICH7MPresent" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="virtualSMCPresent" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0"/> <element name="device" type="pbm:VirtualDevice" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>