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Introduction to devices
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The platform has integrations with network virtualization systems to offer features such as network blueprints, self-service firewall and load balancer policies, NAT, and VPNs. The platform uses Devices to define integrations with external systems.
Devices do the following:
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contain a list of the virtual datacenters that the network virtualization system is managing.
A device can be created:
For a datacenter
For a single enterprise
A device belonging to a specific enterprise has a higher priority than a device for all enterprises.
The device functionality is transparent to the cloud user, who will automatically have self-service access to networks, and firewall and load balancer policies.
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Privileges: Manage devices |
Create a device to define a network virtualization system
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To create a device to define a network virtualization system:
Go to Infrastructure → Private → select Datacenter → Datacenter details view → Network → Devices
Click the + add button and enter the device details
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Field
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Value
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Plugin type
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Network virtualization system and blueprint
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Interfaces
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A list of interfaces or functionality supported by the plugin
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Name
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The name of the device. Identify the device to users who will create platform networks, such as external and public networks
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User
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The username of the account that Abiquo will use to connect to the device.
For NSX-V: use a vCenter account with NSX permissions
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Password
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The password of the account that Abiquo will use to connect to the device.
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Description
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Your description of the device
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Endpoint
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The URL where Abiquo can connect to the device; usually requires HTTPS. For example:
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Enterprise
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Optional: to restrict the device to a single cloud tenant, select the enterprise.
If you do not select a tenant, the device will be the default for all enterprises that do not have a specific device assigned.
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See Create a device
Edit a device
When you edit a device, the changes you can make will depend on the network virtualization system.
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When you create a device with the API, remember to set vdcDefault to
true.If you created a device to use by all enterprises, if you want to create a VDC that does not use this device, use the API to set vdcDefault to
falsewhile you create the VDC.
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