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Table Of Contents
- Cloud Director Administrator's Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Getting Started with Cloud Director
- Adding Resources to Cloud Director
- Adding vSphere Resources
- Adding Cloud Resources
- Provider Virtual Datacenters
- Create a Provider Virtual Datacenter
- External Networks
- Add an External Network
- Network Pools
- Add a Network Pool That Is Backed by VLAN IDs
- Add a Network Pool That Is Backed by Cloud Isolated Networks
- Add a Network Pool That Is Backed by vSphere Port Groups
- Set the MTU for a Network Pool Backed by Cloud Isolated Networks
- Creating and Provisioning Organizations
- Creating a Published Catalog
- Managing Cloud Resources
- Managing Provider vDCs
- Enable or Disable a Provider vDC
- Delete a Provider vDC
- Modify a Provider vDC Name and Description
- Enable or Disable a Provider vDC Host
- Prepare or Unprepare a Provider vDC Host
- Upgrade an ESX/ESXi Host Agent for a Provider vDC Host
- Repair a Provider vDC ESX/ESXi Host
- Enable or Disable a Provider vDC Datastore
- Add Storage Capacity to a Provider vDC
- Configure Low Disk Space Warnings for a Provider vDC Datastore
- Send an Email Notification to Provider vDC Users
- Managing Organization vDCs
- Managing External Networks
- Managing Organization Networks
- Creating Organization Networks
- Configuring Network Services
- Reset an Organization Network
- Delete an Organization Network
- View IP Usage for an Organization Network
- Add IP Addresses to an Organization Network IP Pool
- Modify an Organization Network Name and Description
- Modify an Organization Network DNS Settings
- Managing Network Pools
- Managing Cloud Cells
- Managing Provider vDCs
- Managing vSphere Resources
- Managing Organizations
- Enable or Disable an Organization
- Delete an Organization
- Modify an Organization Name
- Modify an Organization Full Name and Description
- Modify Organization LDAP Options
- Modify Organization Catalog Publishing Policy
- Modify Organization Email Preferences
- Modify Organization Lease, Quota, and Limit Settings
- Add a Catalog to an Organization
- Managing Organization Resources
- Managing Organization Users and Groups
- Managing Organization vApps
- Managing System Administrators and Roles
- Add a System Administrator
- Import a System Administrator
- Enable or Disable a System Administrator
- Delete a System Administrator
- Edit System Administrator Profile and Contact Information
- Send an Email Notification to Users
- Delete a System Administrator Who Lost Access to the System
- Import an LDAP Group
- Delete an LDAP Group
- Change an LDAP Group Description
- Roles and Rights
- Create a Role
- Copy a Role
- Edit a Role
- Delete a Role
- Managing System Settings
- Monitoring Cloud Director
- Roles and Rights
- Index
What to do next
You can now create an organization network that connects to the external network.
Network Pools
A network pool is a group of undifferentiated networks that is available for use within an organization vDC
to create vApp networks and certain types of organization networks.
A network pool is backed by vSphere network resources such as VLAN IDs, port groups, or Cloud isolated
networks. Cloud Director uses network pools to create NAT-routed and internal organization networks and
all vApp networks. Network traffic on each network in a pool is isolated at layer 2 from all other networks.
Each organization vDC in Cloud Director can have one network pool. Multiple organization vDCs can share
the same network pool. The network pool for an organization vDC provides the networks created to satisfy
the network quota for an organization vDC.
Add a Network Pool That Is Backed by VLAN IDs
Add a VLAN-backed network pool to register vSphere VLAN IDs for Cloud Director to use. A VLAN-backed
network pool provides the best security, scalability, and performance for organization networks.
Prerequisites
A range of VLAN IDs and a vNetwork distributed switch are available in vSphere. The VLAN IDs must be
valid IDs that are configured in the physical switch to which the ESX/ESXi servers are connected.
CAUTION The VLANs must be isolated at the layer 2 level. Failure to properly isolate the VLANs can cause a
disruption on the network.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click Network Pools in the left pane.
2 Click the Add Network Pool button.
3 Select VLAN-backed and click Next.
4 Type a range of VLAN IDs and click Add.
You can create one network for each VLAN ID.
5 Select a vCenter Server and vNetwork distributed switch and click Next.
6 Type a name and optional description for the network and click Next.
7 Review the network pool settings and click Finish.
What to do next
You can now create an organization network that is backed by the network pool or associate the network pool
with an organization vDC and create vApp networks.
Add a Network Pool That Is Backed by Cloud Isolated Networks
You can create a network pool that is backed by Cloud isolated networks. A Cloud isolated network spans
hosts, provides traffic isolation from other networks, and is the best source for vApp networks.
An isolation-backed network pool does not require pre-existing port groups in vSphere.
Prerequisites
An available vSphere vNetwork distributed switch.
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