Automating network provisioning using profiles and pools

Create logical network profiles and network system pools to automatically provision logical networks. Network administrators can create logical specifications for virtual server administration, enabling end-to-end provisioning of the servers in your environment. By automating network provisioning, you can remove network configuration for virtual administrators and network administrators.

Using network system pools
Users with large networks can use network system pools to effectively manage virtualized workloads across the network. By using network systems pools with logical network profiles, you can partition and provision your network into separate logical networks. The network system pool functions will automatically provision both the physical and virtual switch devices to ensure connectivity between the devices, and will also provide status when connectivity is broken or can not be fulfilled.
Using logical networks with network system pools
Use logical networks with IBM Flex System Manager Network Control to easily visualize and manage groups of virtual machines that share network characteristics across multiple hosts.
Using logical network profiles with network system pools
A logical network defines how a set of workloads are connected together on the network. This logical network is isolated from other logical networks using virtual LANs (VLANs). You can use this architecture to define unique networks for various workloads across a single physical network. The logical network profile is the entity which defines how a logical network should be used within a network system pool. You can use a single logical network profile across multiple network system pools (physically independent networks).
Pool uplink connections
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Parent topic: Managing network devices