Login to your cloud dashboard with userid / password provided in an email.

(IMPORTANT: Dashboard uses features from HTML5, please use browser that fully supports HTML5. Some examples are Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera).
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1. In dashboard, expand “Network” from left navigation menu.
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2. Select “Networks“, then click “+ Create Network”
   • Provide your network a name (Recommended name is XX-Network-ABC where XX are tenant initials, and ABC defines the network zone like DMZ, APP, UTIL, DATA, etc.), click “Next“.
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   • Provide Subnet Name (XX-Subnet-ABC), Network Address (some private range can be 10.x.x.x, 172.x.x.x, 100.x.x.x), it is recommend to use /24 or smaller range, leave IP Version to IPv4, and leave Gateway IP blank, then click “Next“.
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   • Leave “Enable DHCP” if you plan to have your virtual machines automatically get IP addresses. Allocation pool should be within the range from previous step, DNS Name Servers can be 8.8.8.8 & 8.8.4.4 (or if you have your own within your private network), leave host routes blank, and click “Create“.
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3. Your cloud network is now created but not connected to any routers. Go back to “Routers” tab on left and click on “XX-Router-N” or the name of your router under Name column.
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4. Click on “+ Add Interface” to create a virtual port on router to connect to network created in step 4.
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   • Subnet – Select the subnet created in step 4.
   • IP Address is optional, as it is automatically assigned by the system, unless you need custom gateway addresses.
   • Click “Add interface“, and refresh the page to make sure Status of newly created interface changes to “ACTIVE“.
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5. Congratulations, you have successfully created a private network in the cloud, and connected it to your router, that is connected to external network. You can visually see this by clicking on “Network Topology” on left navigation menu.
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6. Do you need more than one network? Just follow the same steps to create additional networks.