Public Networking
All OpenMetal clouds come with a base public IPv4 block or you can bring your own /24 or larger for announcement from our Edge Routers. Additional blocks are available for a fee. Major features of your public connectivity include:
- Each Pod (Availability Zone) comes with 200+Gbits of edge connectivity
- 20gbit (2X10gbit LAG) per server connectivity
- IPs can be directly connected, with firewall protection in place, to public internet for maximum throughput
- IPs can also be connected to cloud Load Balancers and routed to private IP space for maximum flexibility
- Your hardware lives on VLANs specific to you
- dDOS Protection included for up to 10gbits per IP
- Within VLAN traffic, up to 10gbits, via public or private IP space, is included with your cloud
- Only traffic exiting your VLANs to the public internet is billable at fair Egress pricing after included base Egress
Private Networking
All OpenMetal Clouds come with private networks provided by your Cloud Core with OpenStack. Supported as a standard within a Cloud Core:
- Create Virtual Private Clouds that all have completely separate private network space
- Create private subnets and private IP space on demand that leverages unlimited high speed VxLANs inside your VLANs
- Set firewall rules to restrict private communication
- Use built in point-to-point VPNaaS to connect VPCs to other external networks
Review the User’s Guide for Networking for more information.
Advanced Features
OpenMetal Clouds are private clouds exclusively for you. Advanced features are at your fingertips including:
- Cluster to Cluster Communication Systems
- Firewalls
- Load Balancers
- Switches
- Routers
- Advanced Network Analysis
- Big Data Network Dumps
- 5G Network Virtualization Functions
- Engineer to Engineer Support with Assisted Management
Secure OpenStack Cloud Networking Services
OpenStack cloud networking deploys several processes across several nodes. These processes interact with each other and other OpenStack services. The networking components are the neutron server, plugin agent, L3 agent, and network provider services (SDN server/services).
OpenStack cloud networking provides self-services of network resources and configurations. Cloud architects and operators must evaluate their design use cases in providing users the ability to create, update, and destroy available network resources.
Administrators will be interested in understanding Networking for OpenStack Virtual Private Clouds.
Cloud users can setup networks themselves, for details review the Cloud Users Networking Guide.
OpenMetal Cloud Networking FAQs
How do I create Virtual Private Clouds?
VPCs are created by the Administrator of the cloud. For OpenStack they are called Projects. Learn More.
How do I get help with Networking?
In addition to our self-guided training, your account manager can also connect you with our Engineering team as part of our Support Services.
What are Security Groups/OpenStack firewalls?
Most cloud systems have different names for common items. For OpenStack, firewall rules are done through Security Groups (CLI) or Security Groups (GUI).
Can my VLANs and VxLANs be joined between different Clouds or bare metal clusters?
Our hardware network carries all customers’ networks within individual VLANs for each private cloud. No VLANs are shared between customers. Customers can elect to merge their VLANs between their own clouds and/or bare metal clusters.
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