11.4.2. Limitations to Importing Networks from External Providers
While networks offered by external providers can be imported into the Manager, the following limitations apply to their usage:
- Networks offered by external providers must be used as virtual machine networks.
- Networks offered by external providers cannot be used as display networks.
- The same network can be imported more than once, but only to different data centers.
- Networks offered by external providers cannot be edited in the Manager. This is because the management of such networks is the responsibility of the external providers.
- Port mirroring is not available for virtual NIC connected to networks offered by external providers.
- If a virtual machine uses a network offered by an external provider, that provider cannot be deleted from the Manager while the network is still in use by the virtual machine.
- Networks offered by external providers are non-required. As such, scheduling for clusters in which such networks have been imported will not take those networks into account during host selection. Moreover, it is the responsibility of the user to ensure the availability of the network on hosts in clusters in which such networks have been imported.
Important
External provider discovery and importing are Technology Preview features. Technology Preview features are not fully supported under Red Hat Subscription Service Level Agreements (SLAs), may not be functionally complete, and are not intended for production use. However, these features provide early access to upcoming product innovations, enabling customers to test functionality and provide feedback during the development process.