PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance 5.15.0.0 Security Configuration Guide for DM5500

Virtual networks (VLANs)

PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance can separate management and backup traffic onto different virtual networks (VLANs). Virtual networks help to improve data traffic routing, security, and organization.

The initial steps to configure and add each virtual network are one-time events. The subsequent steps to assign virtual networks to protection policies or assets happen as required.

The PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance Administrator Guide contains information about supported network topologies and how to configure virtual networks. Configuring virtual networks is considered part of modifying the system settings.

Typically, you assign virtual networks to protection policies and assets when you create a protection policy. The user guide for each agent type describes this process. However, the PowerProtect Data Manager Appliance Administrator Guide contains instructions to assign virtual networks to existing policies and override network assignments on a per-asset basis.