Selecting bandwidth while provisioning bare metal servers

To add bandwidth when you provision a bare metal server in the console, follow these steps:

1. From your browser, open the IBM Cloud console and log in to your account.

2. Select Catalog from the menu bar on the header.

3. Select the Bare Metal Servers for Classic tile and provision your new virtual server instance. To learn more, see Selecting from the most popular servers.

4. In the Network interface section, find the Public egress - bandwidth option. Then, select the amount of bandwidth that you want to add to your server's allocation. Bandwidth is offered in tiers.

   Public bandwidth usage over GB allocation is charged per GB. Also, public bandwidth egress (or bandwidth allocation) pricing depends on regions as indicated in the pricing tab on the VPC Provisioning Page in the IBM cloud console.

Upgrading bandwidth while provisioning bare metal servers

To upgrade bandwidth on a bare metal server by using the UI, follow these steps:

1. From your browser, open the IBM Cloud console and log in to your account.
2. Select the Navigation menu , then click Infrastructure > Classic Infrastructure.
3. Select Devices > Device list.
4. Click the name of the bare metal server that you are modifying.
5. On the device's details page, find the VLAN Trunking section, then the Public bandwidth allocation section. Next to the Current billing cycle bandwidth allocation details, click Modify.
6. Select a bandwidth upgrade option, then select if you want to update the device immediately or schedule the update for a later date and time.
7. Add any notes, then click Continue.

A 0 GB bandwidth allocation indicates a fully metered device, and an unspecified bandwidth allocation indicates a device with unlimited bandwidth. Both fully metered devices and devices with unlimited bandwidth are ineligible for bandwidth pools.

Pool definitions for bare metal servers

The pool definitions are listed in the following table: