archive/nicira/en-US/plugin-niciranvp-networkofferings.xml

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<section id="network-offerings">
    <title>Network Offerings</title>
    <para>Using the Nicira NVP plugin requires a network offering with Virtual Networking enabled and configured to use the NiciraNvp element. Typical use cases combine services from the Virtual Router appliance and the Nicira NVP plugin.</para>
    <table>
        <title>Isolated network offering with regular services from the Virtual Router.</title>
        <tgroup cols="2">
        <thead>
            <row>
                <entry>Service</entry>
                <entry>Provider</entry>
            </row>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
            <row>
                <entry>VPN</entry>
                <entry>VirtualRouter</entry>
            </row>
            <row>
                <entry>DHCP</entry>
                <entry>VirtualRouter</entry>
            </row>
            <row>
                <entry>DNS</entry>
                <entry>VirtualRouter</entry>
            </row>
            <row>
                <entry>Firewall</entry>
                <entry>VirtualRouter</entry>
            </row>
            <row>
                <entry>Load Balancer</entry>
                <entry>VirtualRouter</entry>
            </row>
            <row>
                <entry>User Data</entry>
                <entry>VirtualRouter</entry>
            </row>
            <row>
                <entry>Source NAT</entry>
                <entry>VirtualRouter</entry>
            </row>
            <row>
                <entry>Static NAT</entry>
                <entry>VirtualRouter</entry>
            </row>
            <row>
                <entry>Post Forwarding</entry>
                <entry>VirtualRouter</entry>
            </row>
            <row>
                <entry>Virtual Networking</entry>
                <entry>NiciraNVP</entry>
            </row>
        </tbody>
        </tgroup>
    </table>
    <mediaobject>
        <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="./images/nvp-network-offering.png" />
        </imageobject>
        <textobject>
            <phrase>nvp-physical-network-stt.png: a screenshot of a network offering.</phrase>
        </textobject>
    </mediaobject>
    <note><para>The tag in the network offering should be set to the name of the physical network with the NVP provider.</para></note>
    <para>Isolated network with network services. The virtual router is still required to provide network services like dns and dhcp.</para>
    <table>
        <title>Isolated network offering with network services</title>
        <tgroup cols="2">
        <thead>
            <row>
                <entry>Service</entry>
                <entry>Provider</entry>
            </row>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
            <row>
                <entry>DHCP</entry>
                <entry>VirtualRouter</entry>
            </row>
            <row>
                <entry>DNS</entry>
                <entry>VirtualRouter</entry>
            </row>
            <row>
                <entry>User Data</entry>
                <entry>VirtualRouter</entry>
            </row>
            <row>
                <entry>Source NAT</entry>
                <entry>NiciraNVP</entry>
            </row>
            <row>
                <entry>Static NAT</entry>
                <entry>NiciraNVP</entry>
            </row>
            <row>
                <entry>Post Forwarding</entry>
                <entry>NiciraNVP</entry>
            </row>
            <row>
                <entry>Virtual Networking</entry>
                <entry>NiciraNVP</entry>
            </row>
        </tbody>
        </tgroup>
    </table>
    
</section>