Add support for VM virtual NIC in UPT mode (DPU acceleration)

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Description

vSphere 8 introduces network function offload to a DPU through VMware Distributed Services Engine (DSE). To benefit from DPU acceleration, VM virtual NIC must be configured in Universal Pass-Through (UPT) mode. This capability is available in the vSphere API.

To enable UPT mode

• the VM virtual NIC must be connected to a portgroup on a DPU accelerated DVS
• the VM must be virtual hardware version 20 or greater
• the VM memory must be completely reserved

The vsphere_network data source might need an additional attribute to indicate if the network is DPU accelerated.

• id: The managed object ID of the network.
• type: The managed object type for the discovered network. This will be one of DistributedVirtualPortgroup for distributed port groups, Network for standard (host-based) port groups, or OpaqueNetwork for networks managed externally, such as those managed by NSX.
• offloaded: Whether the network is on DPU backed switch (true/false)

Use Case(s)

Deployment of high performance VM taking advantage of DPU acceleration.

Potential Terraform Provider Configuration

data "vsphere_network" "network" {
  name          = "VM Network"
  datacenter_id = data.vsphere_datacenter.datacenter.id
}

memory = 2048
memory_reservation = data.vsphere_network.network.offloaded ? 2048 : 0

network_interface {
    network_id = data.vsphere_network.network.id
    upt_mode = data.vsphere_network.network.offloaded 
    adapter_type = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.network_interface_types[0]
  }

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