28.1 About Subnet Resources

PlateSpin Transformation Manager discovers the subnets available for virtual networks in a target cloud platform. It provides the following information for each subnet:

Platform

The parent target platform of the subnet.

Name

The name of the subnet in the target platform environment.

Location (Azure)

The parent location of the subnet in the Azure Cloud for the target platform. For example: Central US, West US, or North Europe.

Region (AWS)

The parent region of the subnet in the AWS Cloud for the target platform. For example: Central US, West US, or North Europe.

Network (or Virtual Private Cloud)

The name and CIDR address space of the parent virtual network that contains the subnet.

Address Space

The available IPv4 address space for the subnet, expressed in CIDR notation. The second line provides information about the number of addresses available and used as of the last successful discovery of the target platform.

NOTE:Azure reserves five IP addresses in each subnet for protocol conformance and Azure services. For information, see Azure Virtual Network FAQs in Microsoft Azure Documentation.

Description

(Optional) Specify a brief description of the network. This text appears by default in the Subnets list.