oIlluminate the PID for all uplink ports associated with a network

Network Access Groups screen

Before VC 3.30, any server profile could be assigned any set of networks. If policy dictated that some networks should not be accessed by a system that accessed other networks (for example, the Intranet and the Extranet) there was no way to enforce that policy automatically.

With VC 3.30 and later, network access groups are defined by the network administrator and associated with a set of networks that can be shared by a single server. Each server profile is associated with one network access group. A network cannot be assigned to the server profile unless it is a member of the network access group associated with that server profile. A network access group can contain multiple networks.

Up to 128 network access groups are supported in the domain. Ethernet networks and server profiles that are not assigned to a specific network access group are added to the domain Default network access group automatically. The Default network access group is predefined by VCM and cannot be removed or renamed.

If you are updating to VC 3.30, all current networks are added to the Default network access group and all server profiles are set to use the Default network access group. Network communication within the Default network access group behaves similarly to earlier versions of VC firmware, because all profiles can reach all networks.

If you create a new network access group, NetGroup1, and move existing networks from the Default network access group to NetGroup1, then a profile that uses NetGroup1 cannot use networks included in the Default network access group. Similarly, if you create a new network and assign it to NetGroup1 but not to the Default network access group, then a profile that uses the Default network access group cannot use the new network.

To access this screen, click the Network Access Groups link in the left navigation tree.

The Network Access Groups screen is accessible to all users, but only users with network user role permissions can add, edit, and delete network access groups.

Virtual Connect networks 90