Organization Network (NGP)

Overview

An organization network allows you to connect virtual machines to each other. An organization network can be routed to an NSX gateway (T1)

A network has a scope that extends over one VDC or over a VDC group.

More details HERE

Prerequisites

Creating a data center group

Creating a network

To create an organization network, go to the Networking > Networks > NEW tab.

Choose the scope of your VDC :

We recommend choosing a data center group that you have created beforehand. This will allow you to easily share this network between different VDCs.

Choose whether your network must be routed to a gateway or whether it must be isolated.

As a reminder, the gateway must have been added to the data center group in order to be able to route the network.

Choose a name for your network and determine the IP address of your gateway in the network you want to create.

Create an IP address pool.

Then you can configure a DNS if needed (this will avoid having to configure DNS in the guest OS of each VM)

By clicking on a network we can access new options.

You can view the list of consumed IP addresses via IP address usage

You can add your network to a security group, which is useful for managing your firewall.

Add a network to a vApp

To be able to put a Network on a VM that is in a vApp, the network must be associated with the vApp and then added to the VM.

From Applications > Virtual Applications > Add > Add network

You will then have to select the desired network.

Delete an Organization Network

To be able to delete an organization network, no IP from the pool must be used by a VM and it must not be attached to a vApp

As a reminder, organization networks are attached to vApps and not to VMs, so it is necessary to power off the vApp and then, from the Networks tab, select the network and click DELETE.

Go back to the Networking section, select the Org-Net and click Delete and confirm the deletion.

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