en-US/zone-add.xml

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<section id="zone-add">
    <title>Adding a Zone</title>
    <para>When you add a new zone, you will be prompted to configure the zone’s physical network and add the first pod, cluster, host, primary storage, and secondary storage.</para>
    <orderedlist>
        <listitem><para>Log in to the &PRODUCT; UI as the root administrator. See <xref linkend="log-in" />.</para></listitem>
        <listitem><para>In the left navigation, choose Infrastructure.</para></listitem>
        <listitem><para>On Zones, click View More.</para></listitem>
        <listitem><para>Click Add Zone. The zone creation wizard will appear.</para></listitem>
        <listitem><para>Choose one of the following network types:</para>
            <itemizedlist>
                <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Basic.</emphasis> For AWS-style networking. Provides a single network where each VM instance is assigned an IP directly from the network. Guest isolation can be provided through layer-3 means such as security groups (IP address source filtering).</para></listitem>
                <listitem><para><emphasis role="bold">Advanced.</emphasis> For more sophisticated network topologies. This network model provides the most flexibility in defining guest networks and providing custom network offerings such as firewall, VPN, or load balancer support.</para></listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
        </listitem>
        <listitem><para>The rest of the steps differ depending on whether you chose Basic or Advanced. Continue with the steps that apply to you:</para>
            <itemizedlist>
                <listitem><para><xref linkend="basic-zone-configuration" /></para></listitem>
                <listitem><para><xref linkend="advanced-zone-configuration" /></para></listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
        </listitem>
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</section>