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  1. Go to Infrastructure → Private → select datacenter → Datacenter details → Network → External.

  2. At the top of the External page, click the + add button  

  3. Complete the dialog as described, marking the Unmanaged checkbox.

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Field

Value

Name

The name of the unmanaged VLAN with up to 128 characters

IPv6

To create an IPv6 network, select this checkbox

Strict

For IPv6 networks only. If you select Strict, Abiquo will automatically generate EUI64 IP addresses and you will not be able to manually generate them

Address

The network address of the VLAN

Netmask

The network mask in CIDR format

Gateway

The gateway of the network. It must be an IP address inside the range defined by the network address and the network mask

Tag

The VLAN tag to use for this VLAN

Check

Check tag availability for all racks of the datacenter. You should define a VLAN with the same tag on all racks.
Green = available, Yellow = in use, Red = unavailable

Network service type

Select the Network Service Type, which represents a network interface on the hypervisors

Unmanaged

Select to create an unmanaged network, when you will manage IP addresses outside Abiquo

Enterprise

Select the owner enterprise that will use the unmanaged VLAN

Device

Not used for unmanaged networks

Primary DNS

The IP address of the Primary DNS server

Secondary DNS

The IP address of the Secondary DNS server

DNS suffix

The default DNS suffix

Restricted

Mark this checkbox to create a Restricted network.
To work with IPs in a restricted network, users require the privileges to Attach NICs in restricted networks and/or Detach NICs from restricted networks

Excluded from firewall

Select Excluded from firewall to define a network where VM firewalls will not apply

Static routes

Not used for unmanaged networks

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For strict IPv6 networks, you cannot add IP addresses.
However, but the platform retrieves the MAC address from the hypervisor and uses that to generate an IPv6 address for display, which .
The display address should be the same as the one address allocated by the router system.