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Configuring a network

Use Colt® Edge Private Cloud on VMware Cloud Foundation™ to configure a network for virtual machines. After you configure a network, you can create a firewall rule for internet access. You can also use the Colt® Managed Support portal to enable a distributed firewall for your network.

Important: To configure a network, you must have system administrator permissions. If you need permissions, contact someone in your organization who has the Organization Administrator permission within Colt Private Cloud on VMware Cloud Foundation™.

To configure a network:

  1. Click Networking.

    The Colt Edge Private Cloud on VMware Cloud Foundation™ portal shows the Networks screen.
Networking tab.
  1. Click New.
  1. In the Scope section, select one of the following options:
  • To provide connectivity for virtual machines using the current virtual data center (VDC), select Organization Virtual Data Center.

  • To provide connectivity for virtual machines using all VDCs in the data center group, select Data Center Group.
New Organization VDC Network window, Scope section.
  1. Click NEXT.
  1. In the Network Type section, select one of the following options:
  • To enable the network to access machines and networks outside of the VDC or VDC group through an edge gateway, select Routed. This selection enables the Edge Connection section.

  • To configure the network as an isolated environment that can only be accessed by the current VDC or VDC group, select Isolated.

New Organization VDC Network: Network Type
  1. If you selected Routed for the Network Type, select the edge gateway to use for the network in the Edge Connection section, then click NEXT. Otherwise, skip to the next step.
New Organization VDC Network window, Edge Connection section.
  1. In the General section, configure the details of the edge connection for the network:

    1. Type a name and description for the network.

    2. To  enable the network to have both IPv4 and IPv6 subnets, turn on Dual-Stack Mode.

    3. Type the Gateway CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing) including the IP address of the gateway.

    4. To have static manual IPs and DHCP bindings come from static IP pools, turn on Strict IP Mode.
       
    5. To share the network, turn on Shared.

    6. To enable a guest VLAN, turn on Guest VLAN Allowed.
New Organization VDC Network: General
  1. Click NEXT.
  1. In the Static IP Pools section, type an IP address range for the status IP pools for the Static IP Pools field. To add the range, click ADD. To modify or remove an IP address range, select the IP address range, then click MODIFY or REMOVE.

    The Gateway CIDR field defaults to the gateway CIDR you added in the General section. To change the gateway CIDR, delete the entry and type the gateway CIDR.
New Organization VDC Network, Static IP Pools section.
  1. Click NEXT.
  1. In the DNS section, type the primary DNS (Domain Name System), the secondary DNS, and the DNS suffix in their respective fields, then click NEXT.
New Organization VDC Network: DNS
  1. In the Ready to Complete section, review the network configuration information, then click FINISH.
New Organization VDC Network: Ready to Complete

Colt Private Cloud on VMware Cloud Foundation™ configures the network.

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