From 16f9da6f159c038b303d7b5ea4dc31d65881a38b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pearl Dsilva Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 13:38:00 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Persistence mode in L2 networks --- source/adminguide/networking/persistent_networks.rst | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/adminguide/networking/persistent_networks.rst b/source/adminguide/networking/persistent_networks.rst index 9aa15d5c06..99eab71cde 100644 --- a/source/adminguide/networking/persistent_networks.rst +++ b/source/adminguide/networking/persistent_networks.rst @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. - + Persistent Networks ------------------- @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ discontinued. Persistent Network Considerations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- Persistent network is designed for isolated networks. +- Persistent network is designed for isolated and L2 networks. - All default network offerings are non-persistent. @@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ Persistent Network Considerations defines the network persistence. This in turn depends on whether persistent network is enabled in the selected network offering. +- Creation of an Isolated Persistent network will deploy a Virtual Router + when the network is created. + +- Creation of an L2 Persistent network setups up the network devices namely, + bridges, VLANs or port-groups across all hosts in a zone. + - An existing network can be made persistent by changing its network offering to an offering that has the Persistent option enabled. While setting this property, even if the network has no running VMs, the @@ -78,7 +84,7 @@ To create a persistent network, perform the following: #. Create a network offering with the Persistent option enabled. - See `"Creating a New Network Offering" + See `"Creating a New Network Offering" `_. #. Select Network from the left navigation pane.