The Provider Network overview screen shows information for each network defined. Screen components on the overview screen are similar or identical to the components you use on the Add Provider Network or Edit network screens. See also Networks in CloudSystem Foundation.
Use this table to learn about the fields in the “General” section of the Provider Network overview screen, the Add Provider Network screen, and the Edit screen. Unless specified, screen components are identical on all three screens.
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| Name |
Unique name identifying the network.
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| ID |
System-generated identifier of the network (listed on the overview screen). |
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| VLAN ID |
Unique number identifying the VLAN to segment the network.
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| Status |
System-generated operational status of the network (listed on the overview screen).
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| Shared |
Whether sharing by other components, such as virtual machines and hypervisors, is allowed on the network.
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| Admin state up |
Administrative state of the network, indicating whether the network is allowed to forward packets.
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Use this table to learn about the fields in the “Subnets” section of the Provider Network overview screen, the Add Subnet screen, and the Edit screen. Unless specified, screen components are identical on all three screens.
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| CIDR |
Classless Inter-Domain Routing mask, which specifies the IP address range available to the subnet.
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| Allocation Pools |
IP address ranges that you want to make available for the subnet.
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| Gateway or Gateway IP |
IP address of the router providing access to the provider network.
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| DHCP or Enable DHCP |
State of DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), enabling you to specify if CloudSystem provides DHCP addresses from the allocation pools.
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| Action | Description |
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| + Add Network or Add | Add a Provider Network, enabling you to provision an existing data center network to the cloud. See Add Provider Network. |
| Add subnet | Add a subnet to a Provider Network, enabling you to segregate portions of the Provider Network into one or more sub-groups. See Add Provider Network. |
| Edit | Modify the selected Provider Network. See Edit Provider Network. |
| Delete | Remove the Provider Network so that it is no longer available in the cloud. To provision this network again, follow the Add Provider Network procedure to add the associated physical data center network to the cloud. See Delete Provider Network. |