Adding a new external connectionΒΆ

External connections represent physical (L1) ports in the network fabric that act as uplinks outside of the network fabric. By configuring an external connection as part of a Network Profile the VLANs/VNIs configured will be terminated on the respective external connection.

To configure an external connection:

  1. Go to the configuration tab of the switch you want to add and mark the device as a border device.
  2. Navigate to the external connections tab on the datacenter

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  1. Click Add external connection
  2. Fill in a name and a description
  3. Click edit on the newly created external connection
  4. Go to the switches tab
  5. Click Add external connection switch

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  1. Select the and input the ports that will be used for external connections on that switch

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The list should show up like this:

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