Name

The name of the logical network. This text field has a 15-character limit and must be a unique name with any combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores.

Description

The description of the logical network. This field is recommended but not mandatory.

Comment

A field for adding plain text, human-readable comments regarding the logical network.

Export

Allows you to export the logical network to an OpenStack Network Service that has been added to the Manager as an external provider.

External Provider - Allows you to select the external provider on which the logical network will be created.

Network Label - Allows you to specify the label of the logical network, such as eth0.

Enable VLAN tagging

VLAN tagging is a security feature that gives all network traffic carried on the logical network a special characteristic. VLAN-tagged traffic cannot be read by interfaces that do not also have that characteristic. Use of VLANs on logical networks also allows a single network interface to be associated with multiple, differently VLAN-tagged logical networks. Enter a numeric value in the text entry field if VLAN tagging is enabled.

VM Network

Select this option if only virtual machines use this network. If the network is used for traffic that does not involve virtual machines, such as storage communications, do not select this check box.

Override MTU

Set a custom maximum transmission unit for the logical network. You can use this to match the MTU supported by your new logical network to the MTU supported by the hardware it interfaces with. Enter a numeric value in the text entry field if MTU override is enabled.