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<section id="persistent-network">
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<title>Persistent Networks</title>
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<para>The network that you can provision without having to deploy any VMs on it is called a
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persistent network. A persistent network can be part of a VPC or a non-VPC environment.</para>
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<para>When you create other types of network, a network is only a database entry until the first
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VM is created on that network. When the first VM is created, a VLAN ID is assigned and the
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network is provisioned. Also, when the last VM is destroyed, the VLAN ID is released and the
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network is no longer available. With the addition of persistent network, you will have the
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ability to create a network in &PRODUCT; in which physical devices can be deployed without
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having to run any VMs. Additionally, you can deploy physical devices on that network.</para>
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<para>One of the advantages of having a persistent network is that you can create a VPC with a tier
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consisting of only physical devices. For example, you might create a VPC for a three-tier
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application, deploy VMs for Web and Application tier, and use physical machines for the
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Database tier. Another use case is that if you are providing services by using physical
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hardware, you can define the network as persistent and therefore even if all its VMs are
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destroyed the services will not be discontinued.</para>
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<section id="persistent-network-consideration">
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<title>Persistent Network Considerations</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Persistent network is designed for isolated networks.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>All default network offerings are non-persistent.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>A network offering cannot be editable because changing it affects the behavior of the
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existing networks that were created using this network offering.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>When you create a guest network, the network offering that you select defines the
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network persistence. This in turn depends on whether persistent network is enabled in the
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selected network offering. </para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>An existing network can be made persistent by changing its network offering to an
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offering that has the Persistent option enabled. While setting this property, even if the
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network has no running VMs, the network is provisioned. </para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>An existing network can be made non-persistent by changing its network offering to an
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offering that has the Persistent option disabled. If the network has no running VMs,
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during the next network garbage collection run the network is shut down.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>When the last VM on a network is destroyed, the network garbage collector checks if
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the network offering associated with the network is persistent, and shuts down the network
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only if it is non-persistent.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</section>
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<section id="set-up-persistent-network">
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<title>Creating a Persistent Guest Network</title>
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<para>To create a persistent network, perform the following:</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Create a network offering with the Persistent option enabled.</para>
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<para condition="admin">See <xref linkend="creating-network-offerings"/>.</para>
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<para condition="install">See the Administration Guide.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Select Network from the left navigation pane.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Select the guest network that you want to offer this network service to.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Click the Edit button.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>From the Network Offering drop-down, select the persistent network offering you have
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just created.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Click OK.</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</section>
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</section>
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