diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DisableCiscoNexusVSMCmd.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DisableCiscoNexusVSMCmd.java
index 1f1ff650d0c..9a7f6ada97c 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DisableCiscoNexusVSMCmd.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DisableCiscoNexusVSMCmd.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiConstants;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.BaseAsyncCmd;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.IdentityMapper;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.APICommand;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.Parameter;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.PlugService;
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeleteF5LoadBalancerCmd.java b/plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeleteF5LoadBalancerCmd.java
index bca90d55d76..8b53d70f76d 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeleteF5LoadBalancerCmd.java
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/f5/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeleteF5LoadBalancerCmd.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import org.apache.cloudstack.api.BaseAsyncCmd;
 
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiConstants;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.BaseCmd;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.IdentityMapper;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.APICommand;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.Parameter;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.PlugService;
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ConfigureNetscalerLoadBalancerCmd.java b/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ConfigureNetscalerLoadBalancerCmd.java
index 6fc7adbb70e..e0ec73ad501 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ConfigureNetscalerLoadBalancerCmd.java
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ConfigureNetscalerLoadBalancerCmd.java
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ public class ConfigureNetscalerLoadBalancerCmd extends BaseAsyncCmd {
     //////////////// API parameters /////////////////////
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-    @IdentityMapper(entityTableName="external_load_balancer_devices")
-    @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.LOAD_BALANCER_DEVICE_ID, type=CommandType.LONG, required=true, description="Netscaler load balancer device ID")
+    @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.LOAD_BALANCER_DEVICE_ID, type=CommandType.UUID, entityType = NetscalerLoadBalancerResponse.class,
+            required=true, description="Netscaler load balancer device ID")
     private Long lbDeviceId;
 
     @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.LOAD_BALANCER_DEVICE_CAPACITY, type=CommandType.LONG, required=false, description="capacity of the device, Capacity will be interpreted as number of networks device can handle")
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeleteNetscalerLoadBalancerCmd.java b/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeleteNetscalerLoadBalancerCmd.java
index 3f763ba5c2a..ec7faab39d4 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeleteNetscalerLoadBalancerCmd.java
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeleteNetscalerLoadBalancerCmd.java
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiConstants;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.BaseAsyncCmd;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.BaseCmd;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.IdentityMapper;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.APICommand;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.Parameter;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.PlugService;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ServerApiException;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.SuccessResponse;
+import com.cloud.api.response.NetscalerLoadBalancerResponse;
 import com.cloud.event.EventTypes;
 import com.cloud.exception.ConcurrentOperationException;
 import com.cloud.exception.InsufficientCapacityException;
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ public class DeleteNetscalerLoadBalancerCmd extends BaseAsyncCmd {
     //////////////// API parameters /////////////////////
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-    @IdentityMapper(entityTableName="external_load_balancer_devices")
-    @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.LOAD_BALANCER_DEVICE_ID, type=CommandType.LONG, required=true, description="netscaler load balancer device ID")
+    @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.LOAD_BALANCER_DEVICE_ID, type=CommandType.UUID, entityType = NetscalerLoadBalancerResponse.class,
+            required=true, description="netscaler load balancer device ID")
     private Long lbDeviceId;
 
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ListNetscalerLoadBalancerNetworksCmd.java b/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ListNetscalerLoadBalancerNetworksCmd.java
index 2dd3fe4ef6e..b5935f34fda 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ListNetscalerLoadBalancerNetworksCmd.java
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ListNetscalerLoadBalancerNetworksCmd.java
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiConstants;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.BaseCmd;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.BaseListCmd;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.IdentityMapper;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.APICommand;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.Parameter;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.PlugService;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ServerApiException;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ListResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.NetworkResponse;
+import com.cloud.api.response.NetscalerLoadBalancerResponse;
 import com.cloud.exception.ConcurrentOperationException;
 import com.cloud.exception.InsufficientCapacityException;
 import com.cloud.exception.InvalidParameterValueException;
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ public class ListNetscalerLoadBalancerNetworksCmd extends BaseListCmd {
     //////////////// API parameters /////////////////////
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-    @IdentityMapper(entityTableName="external_load_balancer_devices")
-    @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.LOAD_BALANCER_DEVICE_ID, type=CommandType.LONG, required = true, description="netscaler load balancer device ID")
+    @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.LOAD_BALANCER_DEVICE_ID, type=CommandType.UUID, entityType = NetscalerLoadBalancerResponse.class,            ,
+            required = true, description="netscaler load balancer device ID")
     private Long lbDeviceId;
 
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ListNetscalerLoadBalancersCmd.java b/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ListNetscalerLoadBalancersCmd.java
index 56ed464d116..bf679fa51c1 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ListNetscalerLoadBalancersCmd.java
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ListNetscalerLoadBalancersCmd.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiConstants;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.BaseCmd;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.BaseListCmd;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.IdentityMapper;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.APICommand;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.Parameter;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.PlugService;
@@ -54,8 +53,8 @@ public class ListNetscalerLoadBalancersCmd extends BaseListCmd {
             description="the Physical Network ID")
     private Long physicalNetworkId;
 
-    @IdentityMapper(entityTableName="external_load_balancer_devices")
-    @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.LOAD_BALANCER_DEVICE_ID, type=CommandType.LONG,  description="netscaler load balancer device ID")
+    @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.LOAD_BALANCER_DEVICE_ID, type=CommandType.UUID, entityType = NetscalerLoadBalancerResponse.class,
+            description="netscaler load balancer device ID")
     private Long lbDeviceId;
 
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/api/response/NetscalerLoadBalancerResponse.java b/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/api/response/NetscalerLoadBalancerResponse.java
index 2983da26811..2c0e90be2dd 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/api/response/NetscalerLoadBalancerResponse.java
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/netscaler/src/com/cloud/api/response/NetscalerLoadBalancerResponse.java
@@ -19,10 +19,13 @@ package com.cloud.api.response;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiConstants;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.EntityReference;
 import com.cloud.serializer.Param;
 import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.BaseResponse;
+import com.cloud.network.ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceVO;
 
+@EntityReference(value=ExternalLoadBalancerDeviceVO.class)
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
 public class NetscalerLoadBalancerResponse extends BaseResponse {
 
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/nicira-nvp/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeleteNiciraNvpDeviceCmd.java b/plugins/network-elements/nicira-nvp/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeleteNiciraNvpDeviceCmd.java
index b3cfa8aba16..12544410599 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/nicira-nvp/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeleteNiciraNvpDeviceCmd.java
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/nicira-nvp/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeleteNiciraNvpDeviceCmd.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiConstants;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.BaseAsyncCmd;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.BaseCmd;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.IdentityMapper;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.APICommand;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.Parameter;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.PlugService;