Classify hardware profiles in private cloud

To help users to easily select the right hardware profile for their VMs, providers usually classify hardware profiles by family and type.

The platform contains one set of default families that are available in both public and private cloud.

In private cloud and in public cloud regions without native hardware profiles, you can also create your own hardware profile families and types that will be available in all of these locations.

To classify hardware profiles, first create families, then create types.

To create a hardware profile family or type:

1. Go to Infrastructure → Private → select a datacenter → Hardware profiles 
   OR Go to Infrastructure → Public → select a region without native hardware profiles → Hardware profiles
2. At the bottom of the Types list, click the + Add button and select Family or Type
3. Complete the dialog as shown below and click Save

Create a hardware profile family

For more details see GUI Create hardware profile family

Create a hardware profile type

For more details see GUI Create hardware profile type