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To create unmanaged networks do these steps:
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.
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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 |
To display IP addresses of NICS in unmanaged networks, add them:
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