docs/en-US/network-service-providers.xml

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<section id="network-service-providers">
  <title>Network Service Providers</title>
  <note>
    <para>For the most up-to-date list of supported network service providers, see the &PRODUCT; UI
      or call listNetworkServiceProviders.</para>
  </note>
  <para>A service provider (also called a network element) is hardware or virtual appliance that
    makes a network service possible; for example, a firewall appliance can be installed in the
    cloud to provide firewall service. On a single network, multiple providers can provide the same
    network service. For example, a firewall service may be provided by Cisco or Juniper devices in
    the same physical network.</para>
  <para>You can have multiple instances of the same service provider in a network (say, more than
    one Juniper SRX device).</para>
  <para>If different providers are set up to provide the same service on the network, the
    administrator can create network offerings so users can specify which network service provider
    they prefer (along with the other choices offered in network offerings). Otherwise, &PRODUCT;
    will choose which provider to use whenever the service is called for. </para>
  <formalpara>
    <title>Supported Network Service Providers</title>
    <para>&PRODUCT; ships with an internal list of the supported service providers, and you can
      choose from this list when creating a network offering.</para>
  </formalpara>
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      <colspec colnum="5" colname="c5" colwidth="1.2*"/>
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      <thead>
        <row>
          <entry/>
          <entry><para>Virtual Router</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Citrix NetScaler</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Juniper SRX</para></entry>
          <entry><para>F5 BigIP</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Host based (KVM/Xen)</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Cisco VNMC</para></entry>
        </row>
      </thead>
      <tbody>
        <row>
          <entry><para>Remote Access VPN</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Yes</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
          <entry><para>DNS/DHCP/User Data</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Yes</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
          <entry><para>Firewall</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Yes</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Yes</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry>Yes</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
          <entry><para>Load Balancing</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Yes</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Yes</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Yes</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry>No</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
          <entry><para>Elastic IP</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Yes</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
          <entry><para>Elastic LB</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Yes</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
          <entry><para>Source NAT</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Yes</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Yes</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Yes</para></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
          <entry><para>Static NAT</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Yes</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Yes</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Yes</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Yes</para></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
          <entry><para>Port Forwarding</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Yes</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Yes</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>No</para></entry>
          <entry><para>Yes</para></entry>
        </row>
      </tbody>
    </tgroup>
  </informaltable>
</section>