Only the following vCloud network types consume network pools.

Organization virtual datacenter routed network.

Organization virtual datacenter isolated network.

vApp networks.

There is a limit of 4,094 VLANs (1–4094) allowed in the 802.1Q standard.

VLAN 0 and VLAN 4095 are reserved in the 802.1Q standard.

Although the VLAN-backed network pool provides Layer 2 (Ethernet) isolation, the use of routing or NAT capabilities at the vCloud Networking and Security Edge instance can provide connectivity to externally connected networks at Layer 3.