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Updated End User guide to include section to Create a Network

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Included a procedure in the end user guide to create a network using the dashboard, as an end user.

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<?hard-pagebreak?>
<xi:include href="section_dashboard_launch_instances.xml"/>
<?hard-pagebreak?>
<xi:include href="section_dashboard_create_networks.xml"/>
<?hard-pagebreak?>
<xi:include href="section_dashboard_manage_volumes.xml"/>
</chapter>

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE section [
<!-- Some useful entities borrowed from HTML -->
<!ENTITY ndash "&#x2013;">
<!ENTITY mdash "&#x2014;">
<!ENTITY hellip "&#x2026;">
]>
<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0"
xml:id="dashboard_create_networks">
<title>Create a network</title>
<?dbhtml stop-chunking?>
<procedure>
<step>
<para>Log in to the OpenStack dashboard, choose a project,
and, click the <guibutton>Networks</guibutton>
category.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Click <guibutton>Create Network</guibutton>.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>In the Create Network window, specify the following
values.</para>
<informaltable rules="all" width="75%">
<col width="30%"/>
<col width="70%"/>
<thead>
<tr>
<th colspan="2" align="center"
><guilabel>Network</guilabel> tab</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><para><guilabel>Network
Name</guilabel></para></td>
<td><para>A name to identify the
network.</para></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="2" align="center"
><guilabel>Subnet</guilabel> tab</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><para><guilabel>Create
Subnet</guilabel></para></td>
<td><para>Check this option to create a
subnet</para>
<para>You do not have to initially specify
a subnet (although this will result in
the status of 'error' for any attached
instance).</para></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><para><guilabel>Subnet
Name</guilabel></para></td>
<td><para>Name for the subnet.</para></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><para><guilabel>Network
Address</guilabel></para></td>
<td><para>IP address for the
subnet.</para></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><para><guilabel>IP
Version</guilabel></para></td>
<td><para>IPv4 or IPv6.</para></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><para><guilabel>Gateway
IP</guilabel></para></td>
<td><para>IP address for a specific gateway.
This parameter is
optional.</para></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><para><guilabel>Disable
Gateway</guilabel></para></td>
<td><para>Check this option to disable gateway
IP address.</para></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th colspan="2" align="center"
><guilabel>Subnet Detail</guilabel>
tab</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><para><guilabel>Enable
DHCP</guilabel></para></td>
<td><para>Check this option to enable
DHCP</para></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><para><guilabel>Allocation
Pools</guilabel></para></td>
<td><para>You can allocate IP address
pools.</para></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><para><guilabel>DNS Name
Servers</guilabel></para></td>
<td><para>You can allocate a name for the DNS
server.</para></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><para><guilabel>Host
Routes</guilabel></para></td>
<td><para>Include IP address of host
routes.</para></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</informaltable>
</step>
<step>
<para>Click <guilabel>Create</guilabel> to create a
network.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>The dashboard shows the network in the
<guilabel>Networks</guilabel> category.</para>
</step>
</procedure>
</section>