Managing DC Extensions

After the initial configuration processes complete, a new network appears in the DC Extensions tab in a Connected status.

DC Extension Statuses

The following table can help you understand the various statuses of DC Extensions.

Table 1. DC Extension Statuses

Status	Description
CONNECTING	A connection from the on-premise to the cloud environment is being established.
CONNECTED	The connection between on-premise and cloud environments is successfully established.
DISCONNECTING	The network between on-premise and cloud environments is being disconnected.
DISCONNECTED	Network extension is disconnected.
FAILED	Establishing a connection between on-premise and cloud environments failed.
REMOVING	Network extension is being deleted.
DROPPED	Network extension is dropped.

DC Extension Operations

After you extend a network, you can perform Disconnect Extension and Remove Extension operations. If you disconnect a network extension, you can also perform a Connect Extension operation. The following table can help you understand the different network extension operations that you can perform with vCloud Director Extender.

Table 2. DC Extension Operations

Operation	Description
Connect Extension	The operation allows the user to reconnect a disconnected connection. During the Connect Extension operation, network configuration is pushed to the respective network edges.
Disconnect Extension	This operation allows tenant administrators to disconnect the network extension. The Disconnect Extension operation removes the respective configuration from the on-premise and cloud edge instances.
Remove Extension	This operation removes a DC Extension and deletes all network configurations from both on-premise and cloud environments.