| Parameter Name | Description | Required |
| clustername | the cluster name | true |
| clustertype | type of the cluster: CloudManaged, ExternalManaged | true |
| hypervisor | hypervisor type of the cluster: XenServer,KVM,VMware,Hyperv,BareMetal,Simulator,Ovm3 | true |
| podid | the Pod ID for the host | true |
| zoneid | the Zone ID for the cluster | true |
| allocationstate | Allocation state of this cluster for allocation of new resources | false |
| guestvswitchname | Name of virtual switch used for guest traffic in the cluster. This would override zone wide traffic label setting. | false |
| guestvswitchtype | Type of virtual switch used for guest traffic in the cluster. Allowed values are, vmwaresvs (for VMware standard vSwitch) and vmwaredvs (for VMware distributed vSwitch) | false |
| ovm3cluster | Ovm3 native OCFS2 clustering enabled for cluster | false |
| ovm3pool | Ovm3 native pooling enabled for cluster | false |
| ovm3vip | Ovm3 vip to use for pool (and cluster) | false |
| password | the password for the host | false |
| publicvswitchname | Name of virtual switch used for public traffic in the cluster. This would override zone wide traffic label setting. | false |
| publicvswitchtype | Type of virtual switch used for public traffic in the cluster. Allowed values are, vmwaresvs (for VMware standard vSwitch) and vmwaredvs (for VMware distributed vSwitch) | false |
| url | the URL | false |
| username | the username for the cluster | false |
| vsmipaddress | the ipaddress of the VSM associated with this cluster | false |
| vsmpassword | the password for the VSM associated with this cluster | false |
| vsmusername | the username for the VSM associated with this cluster | false |