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Delete an External Network
Delete an external network to remove it from vCloud Director.
Prerequisites
Before you can delete an external network, you must delete all of the organization networks that rely on it.
Procedure
1
Click the Manage & Monitor tab and click External Networks in the left pane.
2 Right-click the external network name and select Delete Network.
Managing Organization Networks
Only a system administrator can add, reset, and delete an organization network.
System administrators and organization administrators can modify organization network properties,
configure organization network services, and view IP address allocations.
Creating Organization Networks
Add a network to an organization to enable its virtual machines to communicate with each other or to provide
access to the Internet. A single organization can have multiple organization networks.
Table 5-4 describes the types of organization network.
Table 5-4. Types of Organization Networks and Their Requirements
Organization Network
Type Description Requirements
External organization
network - direct connection
Accessible by multiple organizations. Virtual machines
belonging
to different organizations can connect to and
see traffic on this network.
This network provides direct layer 2 connectivity to
machines outside of the organization. Machines outside
of this organization can connect to machines within the
organization directly.
External network
External organization
network - NAT-routed
connection
Accessible only by this organization. Only virtual
machines within this organization can connect to this
network.
This network also provides controlled access to an
external network. System administrators and
organization administrators can configure network
address translation (NAT) and firewall settings to make
specific virtual machines accessible from the external
network.
External network and network
pool
Internal organization
network
Accessible only by this organization. Only virtual
machines within this organization can connect to and
see traffic on this network.
This network provides an organization with an isolated,
private network that multiple vApps can connect to.
This network provides no connectivity to machines
outside this organization. Machines outside of this
organization have no connectivity to machines within
the organization.
Network pool
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