Network Architecture

Ethernet networks provide pathways for communications of a system. The main types of Ethernet networks are:

• Availability Link networks, or A-Link networks (on the blue (A2 or •) and yellow (A1 or • •) network ports) on ztC Edge systems licensed for two nodes are assigned to virtual machines (VMs) and are used to synchronize data or migrate VMs between two PMs. One A-Link network (on the blue (A2 or •) network port), is a private network (priv0) that connects the two ztC Edge PMs. For more information, see A‑Link and Private Networks. (Systems licensed for one node do not provide A-Link network functionality.)
• Business networks (on the P1 network port, and P2 if enabled) on all ztC Edge systems allow your applications to connect to your existing network. One business network (on the P1 network port) is also a management network (ibiz0, sometimes referred to as network0) that connects to the ztC Console and is used by the quorum servers. For more information, see Business and Management Networks.