Introduction to datacenter networks

Datacenter networks in Abiquo represent networks that you configure outside of the platform, either manually in switches or using SDN systems. Before you configure your datacenter networks in Abiquo, you should configure the network infrastructure outside of the platform. You will need to obtain ranges of VLAN tags and IP addresses for use by networks in the platform. See Networking guide and Network in the Abiquo Infrastructure Guide.

From the Infrastructure Datacenter Networks tab in Abiquo, you can perform configurations such as:

• Define SDN integrations used in Abiquo. See Manage Devices
• Create tags for datacenter networks and their corresponding hypervisor network interfaces. See Manage Network Service Types
• Reserve network ranges for administration networks, see Manage excluded networks

Virtual networks in Abiquo

• On the Private tab, the administrator can only view private cloud networks because these networks belong to virtual datacenters (VDCs). See Manage Networks
• On the External and Public tabs, the administrator can manage datacenter networks
  
  • External networks are assigned to a single enterprise and they may have public or private IP address ranges that can be used in more than one VDC. See Manage External Networks
  • Unmanaged Networks are a special type of external network with IP addresses that are allocated outside of Abiquo. See Create Unmanaged Networks
  • Public networks enable the users of VDCs to obtain Internet addressable public IP addresses for their virtual infrastructure. See Manage Public Networks