VMware Cloud Director organization networks enable communication between vApps within a VMware Cloud Director organization. You can view, create, edit, and delete VMware Cloud Director Organization networks using OnApp. Any changes that you make via OnApp regarding Organization networks are synchronized with VMware Cloud Director and vice versa.

This functionality is available for users with the vCloud Organization Administrator role.

View Organization Networks


To view the list of Organization networks, go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Org Networks menu. The page that loads shows the list of VMware Cloud Director Organization networks and their details:

   

  • Network label - the name of the network
  • Edge Gateway - the edge gateway associated with the network. Click this label to view the details of the edge gateway.
  • Gateway Address - the IP address of the gateway
  • Network Mask - mask of the network
  • Resource Pool Owner - the resource pool associated with the network. Click this label to view the details of the resource pool.
  • User Group - the organization associated with the organization network
  • Organizations - vCloud organizations

Click  upper right, and you will be redirected to the VCD UI, where you can add the organization network.

Click the Organization network label to view its details:

  • Network label - the name of the network
  • Status - the status of the network, whether it is switched on or not
  • Type - the type of the network. It can be routed, isolated, or direct.
  • Edge Gateway - the edge gateway associated with the network. Click this label to view the details of the edge gateway.
  • Gateway Address - the IP address of the gateway
  • Network Mask - IP of the network mask
  • Use Gateway DNS - whether gateway DNS is applied to the network or not
  • Primary DNS - IP address of the primary domain name system (DNS) server
  • Secondary DNS - IP address of the secondary domain name system (DNS) server
  • DNS Suffix - the DNS suffix for this organization network
  • Shared - whether this organization network is shared or not
  • Resource Pool Owner - the resource pool associated with the network. Click this label to view the details of the resource pool.


Create Organization Network

Ensure that Org Networks permissions are on before creating an org network. Depending on the assigned permissions, you can create all types of org networks, or only certain org network type(s) - direct, routed, or isolated. For more information about permissions, refer to the VMware Cloud Director Permissions section of this guide.

  1. Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Org Networks menu.
  2. On the following page, click .
  3. On the page that appears, fill in the organization network creation form:

      • Network label - specify a name for the organization network
      • Organization - an organization to which the network will be connected (appears by default and can not be changed)
      • Resource Pool - choose a resource pool to which the network will be connected

      • Network Type - choose a type of the organization network. Depending on the type selected, the options will differ:

        Please note that for the NSX-T resource pool, the Shared option is not available when creating a direct, routed, or isolated org network.

    Direct

      • External Network - choose an external network from the drop-down list
      • Shared - move the slider to the right to make this network shared

    Routed 

      • Shared - move the slider to the right to make this network shared
      • Edge Gateway - choose an edge gateway to which the network will be connected
      • Network Address - specify a network address (CIDR address format with gateway address)
      • User Gateway DNS - move the slider to the right if the selected edge gateway has configured DNS. Otherwise fill in Primary DNS, Secondary DNS, and DNS Suffix fields.
      • Primary DNS - specify IP address of the primary domain name system (DNS) server
      • Secondary DNS - specify IP address of the secondary domain name system (DNS) server
      • DNS Suffix - specify DNS suffix
      • Static IP Pools -  specify start/end IP addresses. To add more than one line, click the + button

    Isolated

      • Shared - move the slider to the right to make this network shared
      • Primary DNS - specify IP address of the primary domain name system (DNS) server
      • Secondary DNS - specify IP address of the secondary domain name system (DNS) server
      • DNS Suffix - specify DNS suffix
      • Static IP Pools - specify start/end IP addresses. To add more than one line, click the + button

  4. Click the Submit button.


Edit Organization Network


  1. Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Org Networks menu.
  2. Click the Actions button next to the organization network you want to edit, then click Edit. 
  3. On the page that appears, edit the necessary parameters:

    • Network label - specify a name for the organization network

    • Shared - move the slider to the right to make this network shared

      Please note that for the NSX-T resource pool, the Shared option is not available when editing a direct, routed, or isolated org network.

    • Primary DNS - specify IP address of the primary domain name system (DNS) server
    • Secondary DNS - specify IP address of the secondary domain name system (DNS) server
    • DNS Suffix - specify DNS suffix

Static IP Pools (applicable for isolated and routed org networks):

      • Start IP - specify the start IP address
      • End IP - specify the end IP address
        Click to add several IP pools.

      4. Click the Submit button.

Delete Organization Network

  1. Go to your Control Panel > Cloud > Org Networks menu.
  2. The page that loads shows the list of VMware Cloud Director Organization networks.
  3. Click the Actions button next to the network you want to delete, then click Delete. You will be asked for confirmation before the network is deleted.

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