Classes SoftLayer_Hardware_SecurityModule750
Tags method sldn hardware

SoftLayer_Hardware_SecurityModule750::getBackendIncomingBandwidth

Retrieve the amount of incoming private network bandwidth used by a server over a period of time.

Description

The ‘‘‘getBackendIncomingBandwidth’’’ method retrieves the amount of incoming private network traffic used between the given start date and end date parameters. When entering start and end dates, only the month, day and year are used to calculate bandwidth totals - the time (HH:MM:SS) is ignored and defaults to midnight. The amount of bandwidth retrieved is measured in gigabytes.

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Parameters

Name	Type	Description
startDate	dateTime	The start date for the range of bandwidth to retrieve.
endDate	dateTime	The end date for the range of bandwidth to retrieve.

Required Headers

• Authenticate
• SoftLayer_Hardware_SecurityModule750InitParameters

Optional Headers

• None

Return Values

• float

Error Handling

• “Please provide a start date.”
• “Please provide an end date.”