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Network Profile
Type Description
External All network profiles use the elements in the object definition for external network. The network definition
specifies the network address configuration for the network. The external network definition can specify:
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Existing network addresses configured on the vSphere server. They are the external part of the NAT and
routed networks types. An external network profile can define a range of static IP addresses available on
the external network.
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An endpoint that allows access to IP ranges obtained from the supplied VMware internal IPAM provider or
an external IPAM provider solution that you have imported and registered in vRealize Orchestrator, such
as Infoblox IPAM, and existing network address ranges configured by the IPAM provider software.
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An endpoint that allows access to IP ranges obtained from the supplied VMware internal IPAM provider or
an external IPAM provider solution that you have imported and registered in vRealize Orchestrator, such
as Infoblox IPAM, and existing network address ranges configured by the IPAM provider software.
An external network profile with a static IP range is a prerequisite for NAT and routed networks.
When you specify a NAT network profile or a Routed network profile, the base object definition for the external
network profile is used and additional definitions for the NAT or Routed network profiles are required to
complete the profile.
NAT An external network that uses network address translation (NAT) to enable one set of IP addresses for external
communication and another set for internal communications. With one-to-one NAT networks, every virtual
machine is assigned an external IP address from the external network profile and an internal IP address from
the NAT network profile. With one-to-many NAT networks, all machines share a single IP address from the
external network profile for external communication.
A NAT network profile defines local and external networks that use a translation table for mutual
communication.
Routed A routed network represents a routable IP space divided across subnets that are linked together using
Distributed Logical Router (DLR). Every new routed network has the next available subnet assigned to it and is
associated with other routed networks that use the same network profile. The virtual machines that are
provisioned with routed networks that have the same routed network profile can communicate with each other
and the external network.
A routed network profile defines a routable space and available subnets.
For more information about Distributed Logical Router, see NSX Administration Guide available as a selection
from the NSX for vSphere product documentation.
Each example for this use case lists a curl command with respective JSON response, plus input and
output parameters. The same set of prerequisites applies to each example.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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Prerequisites for Working With Network Profiles
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Get a Network Profile List Example
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Create an External Network Profile Without IPAM Example
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Create an External Network Profile Using External IPAM Example
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Query a Network Profile Example
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Update a Network Profile Example
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Delete a Network Profile Example
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