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Connectivity to an Azure Virtual Network

After you deploy Azure VMware Solution Generation 2 (Gen 2) private cloud, you need network connectivity between the private cloud and other networks you have in an Azure Virtual Network. In this article, you learn how to connect the Gen 2 private cloud to Azure Virtual Networks.

Prerequisites

  • Gen 2 private cloud deployed successfully.
  • Multiple Virtual Networks to establish connectivity to your Gen 2 private cloud Azure Virtual Network.

Azure VMware Solution Hosted (Local) Virtual Network

This Azure VMware Solution private cloud deployment is hosted in an Azure Virtual Network. This means the connectivity to the local Virtual Network from an Azure VMware Solution private cloud is established during deployment, with no other configuration required. This private cloud follows the same network connectivity constructs as other Azure services. This means VMware NSX workload segments created in this private cloud will be systematically programmed as Virtual Network address spaces in the Virtual Network domain for routing purposes.

Diagram of an Azure VMware Solution Gen 2 connection to a private cloud.

Azure VMware Solution creates the following read-only management subnets within the hosted Virtual Network to host required private cloud components. These Management Subnets are allocated from the management address block specified for private cloud creation. The following are sample subnets derived from an SDDC with a 10.74.64.0/22 address block.

Screenshot showing Azure VMware Solution Gen 2 private cloud management networks.

Other Virtual Networks

Azure VMware Solution's connectivity to nonlocal Virtual Networks follows the same procedure as Azure Virtual Network users use to connect their workloads between Virtual Networks. The Virtual Network can be connected to other nonlocal Virtual Networks using Azure Virtual Network peering as described in the following Azure documentation.

Both regional Virtual Network peering and global Virtual Network peering is supported for Azure VMware Solution.

Note

The standard Azure peer Virtual Network peering resync needs to be done to propagate any NSX segment, subnet and route changes on Azure VMware Solution private cloud.

Diagram showing an Azure VMware Solution Gen 2 connection to other Virtual Networks.