docs/en-US/create-vr-network-offering.xml

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<section id="create-vr-network-offering">
  <title>Creating and Changing a Virtual Router Network Offering</title>
  <para>To create the network offering in association with a virtual router system service
    offering:</para>
  <orderedlist>
    <listitem>
      <para>Log in to the &PRODUCT; UI as a user or admin.</para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <para>First, create a system service offering, for example: VRsystemofferingHA.</para>
      <para>For more information on creating a system service offering, see <xref
          linkend="creating-system-service-offerings"/>.</para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <para>From the Select Offering drop-down, choose Network Offering.</para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <para>Click Add Network Offering.</para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <para>In the dialog, make the following choices:</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para><emphasis role="bold">Name</emphasis>. Any desired name for the network
            offering.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para><emphasis role="bold">Description</emphasis>. A short description of the offering
            that can be displayed to users.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para><emphasis role="bold">Network Rate</emphasis>. Allowed data transfer rate in MB per
            second.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para><emphasis role="bold">Traffic Type</emphasis>. The type of network traffic that will
            be carried on the network.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para><emphasis role="bold">Guest Type</emphasis>. Choose whether the guest network is
            isolated or shared. For a description of these terms, see <xref
              linkend="about-virtual-networks"/>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para><emphasis role="bold">Specify VLAN</emphasis>. (Isolated guest networks only)
            Indicate whether a VLAN should be specified when this offering is used.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para><emphasis role="bold">Supported Services</emphasis>. Select one or more of the
            possible network services. For some services, you must also choose the service provider;
            for example, if you select Load Balancer, you can choose the &PRODUCT; virtual router or
            any other load balancers that have been configured in the cloud. Depending on which
            services you choose, additional fields may appear in the rest of the dialog box. For
            more information, see <xref linkend="creating-network-offerings"/></para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para><emphasis role="bold">System Offering</emphasis>. Choose the system service offering
            that you want virtual routers to use in this network. In this case, the default “System
            Offering For Software Router” and the custom “VRsystemofferingHA” are available and
            displayed.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <para>Click OK and the network offering is created.</para>
    </listitem>
  </orderedlist>
  <para>To change the network offering of a guest network to the virtual router service
    offering:</para>
  <orderedlist>
    <listitem>
      <para>Select Network from the left navigation pane.</para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <para>Select the guest network that you want to offer this network service to.</para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <para>Click the Edit button.</para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <para>From the Network Offering drop-down, select the virtual router network offering you have
        just created.</para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <para>Click OK.</para>
    </listitem>
  </orderedlist>
</section>