Networking Guide
Table Of Contents
- VMware vCloud Air Networking Guide
- Contents
- About this Networking Guide
- Overview of Gateways and Networks
- About Managing Gateways and Networks
- Network Security and Secure Access
- Network Connectivity for Virtual Machines
- Direct Connect for vCloud Air
- Features of Direct Connect
- Reasons to Order Direct Connect
- Direct Connect Service Overview
- Direct Connect with Cross Connect
- Direct Connect for Network Exchange
- Direct Connect Use Cases
- About the Ordering and Provisioning Workflow
- Work with Your Provider to Set up Connection
- Order Direct Connect to vCloud Air
- Work with VMware to Complete Order
- View Direct Connect in vCloud Air
- Route Traffic Through Direct Connect
- Index
5 Specify the number of IP addresses that you want to allocate to the gateway.
6 Click Add Gateway.
The gateway is created. You can click on the gateway to view its details.
Delete a Gateway
You can delete gateways from virtual data centers in the Dedicated Cloud service. When you delete a
gateway, all gateway networks associated with it are deleted. Networking services such as NAT rules,
firewall settings, and load balancing settings are also deleted.
You delete gateways from the vCloud Director console.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have network administrator privileges.
Procedure
1 In the Dashboard tab, click the virtual data center that contains the gateway.
2 Click the Gateways tab.
3 Click Manage in vCloud Director.
4 Click the Edge Gateways tab if it is not already selected.
5 Right-click the gateway name and select Delete.
View Networks in a Virtual Data Center
You can view a list of the networks in your virtual data center. For each network, you can view the type of
network, default gateway IP address, IP range, and the number of virtual machines attached to it. For
gateway networks, you can also view the gateway and the number of public IP addresses allocated to it.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have network administrator privileges.
Procedure
1 In the Dashboard tab, click the virtual data center.
2 Click the Networks tab.
All networks in the virtual data center are listed.
Add a Network to a Virtual Data Center
You can add additional internal or gateway networks to virtual data centers. Gateway networks can only be
added to virtual data centers that have a gateway.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have network administrator privileges.
This topic provides the steps to add a network for a virtual data center by using vCloud Air. For information
about adding networks by using vCloud Director, see the following topics in vCloud Director Administrator's
Guide:
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Managing Organization vDC Networks
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Adding Networks to an Organization vDC
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