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To create a Custom private network, complete the Network section of this dialog.

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Field

Description

Name

The name of the network to create

Netmask

The network mask CIDR

Network address

The network address

Address range

The address space that the virtual datacenter can use in CIDR format.
This space will define the virtual network and the private networks will be subnets within this address space.

Gateway

The IP of the gateway of the network

Availability zone

The availability zone where VMs attached to this network will deploy

Primary DNS

The primary DNS of the network

Secondary DNS

The secondary DNS of the VLAN

DNS suffix

The DNS suffix for the VLAN

To manage the VLANs or other networks of your virtual datacenter, go to Virtual datacenters → Network. See Manage networks.

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If you are using NSX-T and the tenant may have more than one tier0 configuration, you may enter NSX-T parameters when you are creating a virtual datacenter.

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Property

Description

Edge cluster name

Name of the NSX-T Edge Cluster used to create Tier-1 VPCs.
NSX-T UI path is: Policy - System - Fabric - Nodes - Edge Clusters

Allow snat destinations public

Allow traffic to internet.

Allow dnat sources

Allow traffic from the Tier-0 specified networks.
List of IPs or CIDRs in CSV format, or the name of a single NSX-T group that already exists.

Allow dnat sources public

Allow traffic from internet.

Tier0 name

Name of the NSX-T Tier-0 used to create the Tier-1 VPCs.
NSX-T UI path is: Policy - Networking - Tier-0 Gateway

Allow snat destinations

Allow traffic to the Tier-0 specified networks.
List of IPs or CIDRs in CSV format, or the name of a single NSX-T group that already exists.

Transport zone name

Name of the NSX-T Transport Zone (overlay) used to create segments / networks.
NSX-T UI path is: Policy - System - Fabric - Transport Zones

Dhcp conf name

Name of the NSX-T DHCP Profile used to create Tier-1 VPCs.
NSX-T UI path is: Policy - Networking - IP Management - DCHP

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Manage resource allocation limits for a virtual datacenter

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You can set hard limits and soft limits to control resource usage in the virtual datacenter.

  • hard limit is the maximum amount of a virtual resource (e.g. RAM) that an entity will be allowed to consume. 

  • Soft soft limit warns users and administrators that the entity is running out of a resource.

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  • You cannot have a hard limit only

  • Soft limits must always be less than or equal to hard limits

  • When a limit is equal to 0, it means that there is no limit to resource usage at this level

  • When editing limits, you cannot set the hard limits below the existing resource usage, except for Local hard disk

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Limit

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Description

Memory

Deployment

Total amount of RAM that may be used by VMs
including hardware profiles assigned to VMs

Virtual CPUs

Deployment

Total number of virtual CPU cores that may be used by VMs
including hardware profiles assigned to VMs

Local hard disk

Deployment

Total size of hard disk that may be used by VMs
on hypervisor datastores and in public cloud providers

External storage

Configuration

Total size of external storage that may be created for VMs

VLANs

Configuration

Total number of private networks that may be defined.
Note that a private network is automatically created for every VDC,
so this limit may restrict the number of VDCs that users can create

Public /floating/
NAT IPs

Configuration

Total number of public IPs, floating IPs (in public cloud),
and NAT IPs that may be used

Virtual machines

Deployment

Total number of VMs that users can deploy in the location
using their allowed resources

DR protected VMs

Configuration

Total number of VMs that may be protected with the
disaster recovery service. In public cloud regions, the platform
does not use DRaaS features or limits.

Consider a virtual datacenter with a soft limit of 1 virtual CPU and a hard limit of 4 virtual CPUs.

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A soft-limits message popup will allow let the user to to acknowledge the message and continue with the operationtheir action.

By default, the message will provide details of the limits, used, and requested resources.

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A hard-limits message pop-up will allow the user to acknowledge the message and terminate the operationbut the platform will stop the user action.

By default, the message will provide details of the limits, used, and requested resources.

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The platform will also display this type of message when the users exceed soft hard limits at another level, for example, enterprise, enterprise in provider, or enterprise in location.

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When you create a virtual datacenter, you can set some defaults according to your platform configuration.

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Field

Description

Default datastore tier

Select the default disk service level for VM disks on the hypervisor datastore.
This is the default datastore tier for the virtual datacenter.

  • To use your cloud provider's default tier, select Configured by location

  • Or select a default tier, according to the available service levels

To clear the current tier, click the black x symbol beside the tier name

Subnet

In Google Cloud Platform you must select a default subnet to deploy VMs
if you do not manually configure an IP address

After you create the virtual datacenter, you can edit it to change the default values.

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