InstanceBlockDeviceMappingSpecification - Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
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InstanceBlockDeviceMappingSpecification

Describes a block device mapping entry.

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DeviceName

The device name. For available device names, see Device names for volumes.

Type: String

Required: No

Ebs

Parameters used to automatically set up EBS volumes when the instance is launched.

Type: EbsInstanceBlockDeviceSpecification object

Required: No

NoDevice

Suppresses the specified device included in the block device mapping.

Type: String

Required: No

VirtualName

The virtual device name.

Type: String

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: