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Use Lumen® Edge Service Manager to provision Lumen® Edge Bare Metal server networks using Lumen public IPv4 and IPv4/IPv6 dual stack network blocks. Each network size selection provides a specific number of IP addresses contained in that block. You must provision a network before you provision a bare metal server. After you configure a network, the Edge Service Manager can take up to 10 minutes to provision the network.
Provisioned networks are available for use and you can select them when provisioning a bare metal server. You can also provision a network while provisioning a bare metal server. Provisioned networks can be added to an existing bare metal server. You can view and download the activity on the networks. You can also view network details, edit network name, or delete a network you no longer need.
You cannot edit network configurations. If you need to make changes to a network, you must delete the network and provision a replacement network. Delete all the bare metal servers from a network before deleting the network.
Important: You must provision a bare metal server in the same location (e.g., Denver, CO) as the the provisioned network.
To provision a bare metal server network:
When you create a network for Edge Bare Metal using Lumen public IPv4 and IPv4/IPv6 dual stack network blocks, each network size selection provides a specific number of IP addresses contained in that block. Lumen uses the first four IP addresses and the last IP address of the network block for infrastructure configuration. The remaining IP addresses are yours to use for your needs.
Apart from the five addresses that Lumen uses to set up the network, we do not track the use of the additional IP addresses. You are responsible for managing any IPs assigned to servers outside of the Edge Service Manager.
Any IP in the network subnet can be configured on a server using the different operating systems available. IPv4 and IPv4/IPv6 dual stack networks are configured as a VLAN, and routing is in place for any IP address you assign within the network.
You can assign any remaining IP addresses on an IPv4 subnet. If you chose an IPv4/IPv6 dual stack network configuration, the Edge Service Manager reserves an IPv6 address for the server. You must manually assign all IPv6 addresses within the server's configuration file. Before making any changes to the configuration file, here are a few things you should know:
Edge Bare Metal networks are constantly monitored, highly redundant, and resilient. Maintenance windows are scheduled for required maintenance and upgrades. When scheduled maintenance impacts your service, we will notify you by email in advance.
Learn more about maintenance windows and SLAs (service level agreement)
If you have a performance issue or an outage, contact our Edge Customer Care team and provide the tenant (account) name.
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