CloudStack Networking: Understanding Physical Networks

CloudStack uses physical networks to separate different types of traffic within a zone. Each traffic type serves a specific purpose and can share or use dedicated network interfaces depending on deployment scale. Overview A physical network in CloudStack maps to one or more real NICs or bridges on the hypervisor hosts. Each physical network can carry multiple traffic types. Typical traffic types: Management Guest Public Storage Public and Storage networks might not exist in every deployment....

November 8, 2025 · 2 min · Daman Arora