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Go to Infrastructure → Private → select datacenter → Datacenter details → Network → External.
At the top of the External page, click the + add button
Complete the dialog as described, marking the Unmanaged checkbox.
Field | Value |
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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. |
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. |
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.